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Kosteletzkya adoensis

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Identification
Isotype of Hibiscus adoensis Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Blanchard,O.J., 1980 Kosteletzkya adoensis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Mast. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Polychlaena adoensis
  • Kosteletzkya stellata
  • Hibiscus katangensis
  • Kosteletzkya semota
  • Kosteletzkya hispida
  • Hibiscus adoensis
  • Kosteletzkya adoensis
Common name
  • shugtalu (AJC) (WEST CAMEROONS, BAMILEKE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Kosteletzkya adoensis (Hochst. ex A. Rich) Mast. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Kosteletzkya adoensis (Hochst. ex A. Rich) Mast. [family MALVACEAE], in F.T.A1: 194 (1868)
Hibiscus adoensis Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family MALVACEAE], (1847)
Information
Prostrate or scrambling; flowers pink or white, with reddish or purplish centre.
Distribution
Br. Cam. Cam. Mt., 3,000–6,000 ft.
Distribution (external)
A.–E. Sudan
Abyssinia
Kenya
Uganda
Tanganyika
Nyasaland
N. Rhodesia
Belgian Congo
Angola
Madagascar

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