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Guyonia ciliata

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Name

Identification
Guyonia intermedia Cogn. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Guyonia ciliata Hook.f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Guyonia intermedia
  • Guyonia ciliata
Common name
  • bσrσwuna (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, KORANKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for GUYONIA ciliata Hook. f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 439, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
GUYONIA ciliata Hook. f. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
Information
Sparsely ciliate with slender pale bristles on the stemand leaves above.Stem 4-angled, erect from a prostrate rooting base. Leaves about 2/3 in. long and broad, glaucous beneath. Flowers solitary, 4-merous. Calyx-tube with a few long cilia; lobes 4, subulate-lanceolate, with long bristles. Petals not seen.
Distribution
Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Afzelius!
Notes
Possibly a ciliate 4-merous state of G. tenella. I have seen only a single specimen.

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