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Gilletiella congolana

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Identification
Gilletiella congolana Dur.&De Wild. [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Benoist, R., Thunbergia attenuata Benoist [family ACANTHACEAE ] Verified by Benoist, R.,
Related name
  • Thunbergia attenuata
  • Gilletiella congolana

Flora

Entry for GILLETIELLA congolana De Wild. et Durand [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
GILLETIELLA congolana De Wild. et Durand [family ACANTHACEAE], in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxix. 72.
Information
Leaves obovate, petiolate, narrowed rather abruptly towards the almost hastate-cordate base, acute at the apex, 6–8 in. long, 2–4 1/2 in. broad; petiole about 2 in. long. Peduncle more than 2 in. long; bracteoles acute, stated to be “ovate, 3/4–1 in. long and 3/4–1 1/4 in. broad,” and “to enclose the corolla-tube, which is about 7 lin. long, to the middle” (the dimensions seem incorrect). Corolla-lobes about 3/4 in. long. Stamens with filaments only 1 lin. long; anthers 2 1/2 lin. long. Style about 8 lin. long. Fruit described as 3 in. in diameter and nearly 2 1/4 in. in length, grooved at the middle, with the remains of the style above.
Distribution
Congo Lower Guinea Kisantu, on the Inkissi River, Gillet.
Notes
The meaning of the phrase “annularibus calycis brevissimis,” used of the calyx, is not clear.

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