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Hunteria africana

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Identification
Hunteria africana K.Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Thwaites [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Omino E.A., 1995
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  • Hunteria zeylanica

Flora

Entry for HUNTERIA zeylanica (K. Schum.) Pichon var. africana [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
HUNTERIA zeylanica (K. Schum.) Pichon var. africana [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 27: 112 (1953);
HUNTERIA africana K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1895). Fig. 83. [type as above]
Information
Leaves mostly more than 2.5 cm wide and without a distinct acumen.
Range
S1, 3
Altitude range
30–100 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Deshmukh JESS 244; Synnott 1949; Mooney 7666.
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
Mozambique
Notes
Caanooli, geed goleed (Som.).This is usually a shrub or tree, but Desmukh JESS 244 was described as a liane. Var. zeylanica and var. salicifolia (Wall. ex A. DC.) Pichon are distributed in southern and south-eastern Asia.

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