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Glossonema boveanum

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Glossonema nubicum Decne. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Glossonema boveanum (Decne.) Decne. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Glossonema erlangeri
  • Glossonema revoili
  • Glossonema nubicum
  • Glossonema affine
  • Petalostemma chenopodii
  • Glossonema echinatum
  • Glossonema rivaei
  • Gomphocarpus pauciflorus
  • Cynanchum boveanum
  • Glossonema boveanum
Common name
  • gobbel durooße, cobbel waynaaße = gobbel, or cobbel (meaning not known) of the herdsmen (PF) (NIGER, FULA-FULFULDE (Niger)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • marka digini (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • taarin-gidaa (auctt.) tafo ka shamamarka, mama: a woman’s breast; - an epithet referring to the use of the plant as a galactogogue (JMD) tatariďa (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • marku djiguini (GR) (MALI, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • achakan (AN) m’gueïle = in the shade (AN) (MAURITANIA, ARABIC (Hassaniya)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • cakum-cako (JMD; MM) gadoil (?) (JMD) gobbel durooße, cobbel waynaaße (MM) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • gànd-báa háwrù (pl. lò) = part of the evening meal of the earth (D&C) (NIGER, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for GLOSSONEMA boveanum (Decne.) Decne. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
GLOSSONEMA boveanum (Decne.) Decne. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1838);
Cynanchum boveanum Decne. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1835). [type as above]
GLOSSONEMA erlangeri K. Schum. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1903);. type: N1, near “Hensa”, Ellenbeck 195 (K iso.).
Information
Perennial herb to 15 cm. Leaves petiolate; petiole 3–15 mm long; blade 0.5–3 x 0.5–2 cm, lower leaves markedly larger than the upper, elliptic-­oblong, apex obtuse or rounded, margin smooth. Inflorescences with c. 5 flowers; pedicels 2–3 mm long. Sepals linear or lanceolate, 2–3 mm long. Corolla white ageing to cream, sometimes tinged pink or purple; tube c. 1 mm long, campanulate; lobes c. 3 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, the margins somewhat recurved, sparsely pubescent outside, glabrous within. Corona-lobes 1–3 mm long, broadly ovate below, sometimes with acute shoulders, tapering gradually or abruptly into a subulate tooth. Stigmatic head forming a low cone.
Range
N1 widely distributed through arid North Africa and Arabia.
Altitude range
sea level to 1200 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4762; Glover & Gilliland 1232; Wood S/73/176.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Notes
Somali material belongs to subsp. boveanum.

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