Lankesteria thyrsoideaS.Moore [family ACANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Lankesteria thyrsoidea
Lankesteria parviflora
Common name
owuyẹ (Macgregor) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Flora
Entry for Lankesteria thyrsoidea S. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE]
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
Lankesteria thyrsoideaS. Moore [family ACANTHACEAE], in Cat. Talb. 77 (1913).
Information
A hairy undershrub, 1 ft. or more high, with slender flowers 1-1 1/4 in. long, white, lilac or pinkish with yellow throat in a dense glandular-hairy narrow panicle; in forest.
Habitat
; in forest.
Distribution
S. Nig.: Ibadan South F.R. (Jan.) Keay FHI 19805! Mamu F.R. (Jan.) Burtt 13! Orem, Calabar (Jan.) Onochie 8 Okafor FHI 36024! Oban Talbot 1646! Richards 5192! Cross R. (Dec.) Holland 229![Br.] Cam.: Mamfe (Jan.) Maitland 1151!
