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Harpagophytum procumbens

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Harpagophytum procumbens
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Flora

Entry for HARPAGOPHYTUM procumbens DC. [family PEDALIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 454, (1904) Author: By O. STAPF.
Names
HARPAGOPHYTUM procumbens DC. [family PEDALIACEAE], Prodr. ix. 257;—DC. in Deless. Ic. Sel. v. 39, t. 94; Engl. Jahrb. x. 255.
HARPAGOPHYTUM Burchellii Decne. ex DC. [family PEDALIACEAE], in Deless. Ic. Sel. v. 40.
Uncaria procumbens Burch. [family ], Trav. i. 536, 529 with fig. of fruit.
Information
stems like the whole plant subglabrous (apart from the mucilage glands) or the younger parts more or less minutely hispidulous; leaves rotundate-ovate to rhomboid or ovate in outline, pinnatilobed to or beyond the middle, 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, about 1/2–1 in. broad, shortly cuneate at the base, glaucous or whitish and powdery glandular below; lobes more or less oblong, obtuse, with 1–3 short obtuse irregular teeth; petioles 3–9 lin. long; pedicels about 3 lin. long; calyx 2–4 lin. long; corolla 2–2 1/2 in. long; tube narrow and cylindric for 4–5 lin. from the base, then widened, trumpet- or funnel-shaped, about 1/2 in. wide just below the mouth, yellowish below, passing into purple above; limb 1–1 1/4 in. across, deep purple; lobes suborbicular, broader than long. null
Range
Also in Tropical Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Hopetown Div.; near Hopetown, 4000 ft., Bolus, 2017! by the Orange River, Shaw!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; in sandy soil near Kimberley, Marloth, 767! between Griqua Town and Witte Water, Burchell, 1970! and without precise locality, Bowker, 2! Bechuanaland; Molito, Fredoux! Orange River Colony; without precise locality, Hutton! Shaw! Transvaal; Bosch Veld, at Klippan, Rehmann, 5291!

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