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Hymenocardia mollis

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Identification
Hymenocardia mollis Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Hymenocardia lasiophylla Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Hymenocardia acida Tul. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Léonard, J.,
Related name
  • Hymenocardia mollis
  • Hymenocardia acida
  • Hymenocardia lasiophylla

Flora

Entry for HYMENOCARDIA mollis Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 441, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
HYMENOCARDIA mollis Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 528, excl. var. —Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 237; De Wild. Études Fl. Baset Moyen-Congo, i. 275.
HYMENOCARDIA lasiophylla Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 79.
Information
A tree or shrub; branchlets pubescent. Leaves elliptic or slightly oblanceolate-elliptic, obtuse, very slightly rounded at the base, 1 3/4 in. long, 3/4–1 in. broad, sparingly pilose and somewhat bullate on the upper surface, densely pilose below and with gold-coloured glands scattered amongst the hairs; lateral nerves about 6 on each side, pubescent on the upper surface, almost hidden by the hairs below. Fruits cordate at the base; fruit-body broadly ovate in outline, reticulate and densely pubescent; wings longitudinally striate, about 1/2 in. long and 8 lin. broad.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kagehi, on Lake Victoria, Fischer, 533! Pori, on the Ugalla River, Böhm, 117A! North-westRhodesia Mozamb. Dist. Makoti, Rogers, 8289!

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