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Heliotropium indicum

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Name

Identification
Heliotropium indicum L. [family BORAGINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Heliotropium indicum

Flora

Entry for Heliotropium indicum Linn. [family BORAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Heliotropium indicum Linn. [family BORAGINACEAE], Sp. Pl. 130 (1753); F.T.A. 4, 2: 32; Chev. Bot. 450; Berhaut Fl. Sén. 200
(?) h. africanum Schum. & Thonn. [family ], Beskr. Guin. Pl. 87 (1827); ADCProd9: 548; F.T.A4, 2: 43; F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 199
Information
Robust annual 1-3 ft. high with small lilac, sometimes white, flowers in long dense curled spikes; a common weed of waste places near dwellings, throughout the area.
Habitat
; a common weed of waste places near dwellings, throughout the area.
Range
Throughout the tropics in the Old World
Distribution
Sen.: Berhaut 1013. Perrottet 527! 537! Dakar Chev. 15815. Richard Tol (fl. 8 ft. May) Döllinger 63! Baldwin 5734! Lelièvre!Gam.: Hayes 533! Kuntaur Ruxton 33! Albreda (fl. 8 fr. June) Leprieur!Mali: Bamako Chev. 201. Goundam Chev. 2883. Keniéba (fl. 8 fr. Mar.) Roberty 17032!Port. G.: Bissau (fl. & fr. Mar.) Esp. Santo 1131!Guin.: Timbo Caille in Hb. Chev. 14675. Kankan Brossart 15680!S. L.: Kukuna (fl.Lib.: Monrovia Johnston!Iv. C.: Alépe to Malamalasso Chev. 17506.Ghana: Achimota (fr. Mar.) Marton GC 25401!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 277! Misahöhe (fl. 8 fr. July) Baumann 210!Dah.: Pédjilé chev. 22916.N. Nig.: Aguju (fl. A fr. Aug.) Thornton! Lokoja Parsons 66! Zaria (fl. 8 fr. Apr.) Ryan 50! Lemme (fl. 8 fr. July) Lely 151! Maifoni (fl. 8 fr. July) Parsons!S. Nig.: Agogo-Igun (fl. & fr. May) MacGregor 3! Idanre Brenan 8 jones 8732! Aguku (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Thomas 1393! Ibazo (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Thomas 1989! Kuni (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Holland 209![Br.] Cam.: Brown 56! Mamfe (fl. & fr. Jan.) Maitland 1179! Bama, Dikwa Div. (fl. Jan.) McClintock 163!

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