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Gomphocarpus fruticosus

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Identification
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) R. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ]
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Entry for GOMPHOCARPUS fruticosus (L.) Ait. f. [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
GOMPHOCARPUS fruticosus (L.) Ait. f. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1811).
Information
Stems 0.5–1.5(–3) m tall, erect, much branched from above the base, woody below, densely spreading-­pubescent. Leaves with blade (2.5–)4–10 x (0.2–)0.3–0.8(–1.3) cm, linear or linear-lanceolate, apex acute or attenuate, mucronate, base narrowly to broadly cuneate. Inflorescences with 4–7(–12) flowers; peduncles 1.5–3(–4) cm long; pedicels 1–2.5 cm long. Sepals 2–5 x 0.6–1.3 mm, lanceolate or triangular, attenuate. Corolla reflexed; lobes 5–8 x 3–5 mm, ovate, subacute. Corona-lobes 2–4 x 1.5–3 mm, ± as tall as the column, the upper margins entire, proximal margins produced into a pair of falcate teeth c. 1–1.5 mm long, pointing back along the upper margins of the lobe or curved down into the cavity, cavity without teeth or projections. Follicle 4–7 x 1.5–2.5 cm, ovoid, tapering gradually into an attenuate beak, inflated, pubescent and with pubescent filiform processes.

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