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Hymenodictyon floribundum

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Name

Identification
Hymenodictyon floribundum (Hochst.&Steud.) Robbr. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Razafimandimbison,S., Hymenodictyon elongatum Schweinf. [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Hymenodictyon tomentellum
  • Kurria floribunda
  • Hymenodictyon elongatum
  • Hymenodictyon kurria
  • Hymenodictyon floribundum
Common name
  • guiéhié (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, KRU-GUERE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • Coast) guinguipété (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, FULA-FULFULDE (Ivory), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • amandidua (CV; FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • tuo (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, DAN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Hymenodictyon floribundum (Steud. & Hochst.) B. L. Robinson [family RUBIACEAE]
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
Hymenodictyon floribundum (Steud. & Hochst.) B. L. Robinson [family RUBIACEAE], in Proc. Amer. Acad. 45: 404 (1910); Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 294, t. 349, 3-5; Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 455.
Kurria floribunda Steud. & Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], (1842).
Hymenodictyon kurria Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], (1843)—F.T.A. 3: 42; Chev. Bot. 308.
Information
A shrub or tree, to 25 ft. high,in open places, commonly on rocky hills; racemes erect, subtended by a pair of red leaf-like bracts; calyx yellow; corolla yellow, turning crimson-brown.
Habitat
in open places, commonly on rocky hills
Distribution
Guin.: Labé Pobéguin 2081. Diaguissa Chev. 12919.S.L.: summit of Sugar Loaf Mt. (Apr.) Sc. Elliot 5779! Lumley, by river (May) Deighton 2730!Iv. C.: Mt. Momy (Apr.) Chev. 21352! S. of Taï (young fr. Aug.) Boughey GC 14973! Mt. Nimba, Mt. Dou, Niangbo 8 Guiglo fide Aubrév. l.c.Ghana: Obuasi (young fr. Sept.) Vigne FH 927!Togo Rep.: Sokode-Basari Kersting A741!N. Nig.: Kargi Hill, Birnin Gwari, Zaria Prov. (June) Keay FHI 25884! Neill舗s Valley, Jos (June) Lely 266! Jos Plateau (May) Lely P321!S. Nig.: Lagos MacGregor 163! Rowland! Idanre Hills (fr. Apr.) Symington FHI 3366![Br.] Cam.: Fonfuka, Bamenda (Apr.) Maitland 1418! Bapinyi, Bamenda (May) Ujor FHI 30364!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Ubangi-Shari
Congo
Sudan
Ethiopia
Africa
Nyasaland
N. & S. Rhodesia
Angola

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