Isotype of Kurria floribundaHochst. & Steud. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hymenodictyon floribundum(Hochst. & Steud.) B.L.Rob. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Hymenodictyon biafranum
Kurria
Kurria floribunda
Hymenodictyon kurria
Hymenodictyon floribundum
Flora
Entry for HYMENODICTYON Kurria Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
HYMENODICTYON KurriaHochst. [family RUBIACEAE], in Flora 1843, p. 71.
Kurria floribundaHochst. et Steud. [family RUBIACEAE], in Flora 1842, p. 234.
Information
A low tree or shrub of 8–10 ft. Leaves obovate or nearly oval, acuminate, wedge-shaped at base into the petiole, glabrate above, puberulous on the midrib veins and veinlets beneath or obsoletely so, with 7–9 veins on each side of the midrib; 3–8 by 1 1/2–4 1/4 in.; petiole 1/3–1 2/3 in.; upper internodes short; stipules ovate-oblong, 1/2 in. long. Bracts opposite, elliptical, narrowed at both ends, 2 1/4 by 5/8 in., on stalks of 1 in. Inflorescence 3 1/2–7 in long, dense (in the type). Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate, 1/15 in. long. Corolla 1/5 in. long. Capsule 1/3– 1/2 by 1/5– 1/4 in., on stalks of 1/8– 1/5 in.
