Entry for JASMINUM dicranolepidiforme Gilg [family OLEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 1, (1904) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
JASMINUM dicranolepidiformeGilg [family OLEACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 450.
Information
A climbing shrub. Leaves opposite, simple, shortly petioled, obovate-oblong, 2/3–1 1/4 in. long, acuminate, rounded at the base, slightly hairy above, densely hairy beneath. Flowers solitary, usually terminal; peduncle long, slightly hairy. Calyx 1/6 in. long; sepals 6, glabrous, united into a short cup at the base. Corolla white; tube 1/2 in. long; lobes 8, linear-lanceolate, very acute, 1/10 in. broad.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Uhehe; Muhinde Steppe, Goetze, 518.