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Hibiscus dongolensis

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Name

Identification
Hibiscus dongolensis Delile [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Hibiscus fallacinus Chiov. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Hibiscus lunariifolius
  • Hibiscus dongolensis
  • Hibiscus fallacinus

Flora

Entry for HIBISCUS dongolensis Del. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
HIBISCUS dongolensis Del. [family MALVACEAE], (1826). Fig. 24.
HIBISCUS fallacinus Chiov. [family MALVACEAE], (1936);. type: S2, “Merca”, Ciferri 71 (FT holo., K iso.).
Information
Shrubby herb or shrub up to 2 m tall, glabrous to densely pubescent. Leaves with petiole 1.5–9 cm long; blade ± broadly ovate, sometimes shallowly 3-lobed, 2–13 x 1.5–11 cm, rounded to cordate at the base, acuminate to rounded at the apex, with serrate margins. Flowers in leaf axils; pedicels 5–10 mm long, articulated at the base. Epicalyx bracts 5(–6), 10–20 x 1–3 mm, linear-acuminate, 1–3-veined. Calyx 12–20 mm long; lobes with prominent central nerve and two slightly weaker lateral nerves. Petals 4–6 cm long, yellow, with or without dark base; column 15–25 mm long. Capsule 15–25 mm long, subglobose, longer than calyx, setulose, with acute to aristate valves. Seeds 3–4 mm long, glabrous, with concentric lines.
Range
N1; C2; S2, 3 East Africa
Altitude range
40–1500 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Alstrup & Michelsen 75; Gerrard SRS 312/1; Hansen 6045.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Arabia

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