Geophila hirsutaBenth. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hymenocoleus hirsutus(Benth.) Robbr. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Robbrecht E., 1975
Related name
Hymenocoleus hirsutus
Coccocypselum unrecorded
Geophila pilosa
Geophila hirsuta
Geophila hirta
Hymenocoleus rotundifolius
Common name
kwa-woli = monkey’s tail (or monkey’s ear) (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for GEOPHILA hirsuta Benth. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
GEOPHILA hirsutaBenth. [family RUBIACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 422.
Information
Stems creeping, hirsute, rooting at the nodes. Leaves ovate or oval, rounded or obtusely pointed at the apex, reniform at the base, thinly chartaceous, glabrescent above, except the midrib, somewhat hairy on the nerves beneath, 1–1 3/4 in. long; petiole 1/2–1 in., hirsute; stipules lanceolate, bifid or bidentate, 1/8– 1/5 in. long. Flowers 4–5-merous, 3/8 in. long, several together on very abbreviated peduncles which terminate the short erect hirsute branches and are overtopped by the uppermost leaves. Calyx half the length of the flower; segments pilose-ciliate, subulate. Corolla white; lobes ovate. Anthers exserted. Fruit of bright orange colour.
Distribution
Upper Guinea On the Nun River, Th. Vogel! Niger Expedition, at Brass, Barter!
