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Hippocratea africana

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Name

Identification
Hippocratea africana (Cambess.) N.Robson [family CELASTRACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Hippocratea obtusifolia Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE ]
Related name
  • Tonsella africana
  • Hippocratea macrantha
  • Hippocratea brachystachys
  • Hippocratea pauciflora
  • Eugenia ???
  • Hippocratea cymosa
  • Loeseneriella pauciflora
  • Hippocratea africana
  • Hippocratea togoensis
  • Eugenia coronata
  • Hippocratea pallida
  • Hippocratea grandiflora
  • Hippocratea bourdillonii
  • Hippocratea sulcata
  • Hippocratea puberula
  • Hippocratea maisorensis
  • Hippocratea nitida
  • Hippocratea obtusifolia
  • Hippocratea richardiana
  • Loeseneriella africana
  • Hippocratea nigricaulis
  • Hippocratea chesseana

Flora

Entry for Hippocratea africana (Willd.) Loos. ex Engl. [family CELASTRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Hippocratea africana (Willd.) Loos. ex Engl. [family CELASTRACEAE], Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 240 (1921).
Tonsella africana Willd. [family ], Sp. Pl. 1: 194 (1797); Vahl EnumPl2: 30 (1805), partly (Willdref& Isert speconly); SchumBeskrGuinPl20 (1827), partly (Willdrefonly)
Salacia africana (Willd.) DC. [family CELASTRACEAE], Prod. 1: 570 (1824), partly (Willdrefonly)
Hippocratea obtusifolia Roxb. [family CELASTRACEAE], (1820) — F.T.A1: 369; Loesin EnglBotJahrb19: 236, inclvars.; ChevBot131; Loesin E& PPflanzenfam20B: 211, 213, fig66, G–L, fig67 (1942)
Hippocratea richardiana Cambess. [family CELASTRACEAE], (1829) — Guill& PerrFlSeneg1: 112, t26; F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 449; Schnell in IcPlAfr1: t12
Hippocratea cymosa var. togoensis Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], in EnglBotJahrb34: 108 (1904).
Information
A liane with green twigs and bright green leaves; flowers fragrant, petals green, anthers orange; avery variable species;mainly in fringing forest in the savannah regions of our area.
Habitat
~ mainly in fringing forest in the savannah regions of our area
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa, S. Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Celebes and Philippines
Distribution
Sen.: Perrottet 95! Richard Tol Perrottet! Richard. Walo Heudelot! R. Farèna, Thin (Feb.) Döllinger 32! Dakar (Jan.) Hagerup 776!Gam.: Genieri-Massembe Road (Feb.) Fox 57!Fr.Sud.: Niafunké (June) Hagerup 87! Badinko (Jan.) Chev. 113. Balani (Jan) Chev. 148.Port.G.: Cobras Isl. (Apr.) Esp. Santo 1929! For, Bissau (fl. 8 fr. Feb.) Esp. Santo 1782!S.L.: Barter! Musaia (Mar.) Sc.Lib.: Peahtah (fr. Oct.) Linder 1627! Vahon, Kolahun (fr. Nov.) Baldwin, 102161G.C.: Aburi Road (Feb.) Dalz. 8267! Alababa (Apr.) Scholes 290! Achimota (June) Irvine 1454!Togo: Lome Warnecke 43! 158! 309! Kabosu, Hohoe Dist. St. C. Thompson FH 3678!N.Nig.: Nupe Barter 1215! Katagum Dist. Dalz. 217! Bornu Prov. (Jan., Feb.) Talbot!S.Nig.: Ifon to Sobe, Ondo Prov. (fr. Jan.) Onochie in Hb. Brenan 8948!Br.Cam.: Bama, Dikwa Div. (Jan.) McClintock 133!
Notes
[We have seen photographs of the type specimen of Tonsellaafricana Willd. It was collected by Isert in “Guinea” — presumably a coastal area in what is now the Gold Coast, Togoland or Dahomey.]

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