boloma (JMD) (WEST CAMEROONS, KPE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
boloma (Ithmann) (WEST CAMEROONS, DUALA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Flora
Entry for IMPATIENS Sakeriana Hook. f. [family BALSAMINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 289, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).(Impatiens, by Dr. J. D. Hooker.)
Names
IMPATIENS SakerianaHook. f. [family BALSAMINACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 185.
Information
Herbaceous, glabrous or pubescent above, 6–8 ft. high. Leaves in whorls of 3–8, rarely opposite, 2–6 in., petioles 1–3 in., oblong-lanceolate, crenate or serrate, with short cilia on the teeth or in the crenatures. Flowers 2–8, racemed on the ends of stout peduncles that are longer than the leaves. Bracts small, short, broad. Pedicels slender, 2/3–1 in. Sepals small, broad. Standard short, concave, apiculate. Wings semilunate, scarcely longer than the mouth of the lip, 2-lobed. Lip funnel- or trumpet-shaped, gradually narrowed into a short spur with a swollen tip, together 3/4 in. long. Capsule short, acuminate.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Camaroons mountain, 7000 ft. (July and Nov.), Mann!
