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Hydrolea floribunda

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Name

Identification
Hydrolea floribunda Kotschy & Peyr. [family HYDROPHYLLACEAE ]
Related name
  • Hydrolea floribunda
Common name
  • kononia (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Hydrolea floribunda Kotschy & Peyr. [family HYDROPHYLLACEAE]
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
Hydrolea floribunda Kotschy & Peyr. [family HYDROPHYLLACEAE], Pl. Tinn. 22, t. 9B (1867); F.T.A. 4, 2: 5; Brand l.c. 177, fig. 37.
Hydrolea graminifolia A. W. Bennett [family HYDROPHYLLACEAE], l.c. t. 1, fig. 12 (1870); F.T.A. 4, 2: 5; Chev. Bot. 447; F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 194.
Information
Erect herb branched above at the corymbose inflorescence, glabrous, stems spongy below, up to 3 ft. high; flowers rich blue; in swamps in savanna.
Habitat
; in swamps in savanna.
Distribution
Sen.: Niokolo-Koba (Jan.) Roberty 16636!Mali: Tiguiberri (fr. Jan.) Chev. 296! Dogo (Mar., May) Davey 99! 007!Guin.: Kollangui Chev. 12190; 13530. Kebeya Pobéguin 717! Férédougouba R. (July) Collenette 69! Erimakuna (= Hérémakon) (Mar.) Sc. Elliot 5235!Iv. C.: Alangouassou to Mbayrakro Chev. 22240!Ghana: Yeji (fl. & fr. Aug.) Vigne FH 3318! Yeji to Ejura (Apr.) Dalz. 48! Damongo Scarp (Sept.) Rose Innes GC 30201! Yendi to Zabzugu (Oct.) Rose Innes GC 30696!N. Nig.: Jebba Barter 888! Bida (Dec.) Savory UCI 103![Br.] Cam.(?): Tuburi marshes Talbot 332!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Uganda
Sudan

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