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Markhamia hildebrandtii

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Identification
Markhamia hildebrandtii (Baker) Sprague [family BIGNONIACEAE ] (stored under name); Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K.Schum. [family BIGNONIACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt, B., Dolichandrone hildebrandtii Baker [family BIGNONIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dolichandrone hildebrandtii
  • Markhamia lutea
  • Markhamia hildebrandtii

Flora

Entry for MARKHAMIA Hildebrandtii Sprague [family BIGNONIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 516, (1905) Author: (By T. A. Sprague).
Names
MARKHAMIA Hildebrandtii Sprague [family BIGNONIACEAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2800, fig. 9.
MARKHAMIA lutea K. Schum. [family BIGNONIACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 363, partly (as regards the East African localities), not of K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B, 242.
Dolichandrone Hildebrandtii Baker [family BIGNONIACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 31.
Information
A shrub or small tree; branchlets finely lepidote. Leaves 6–10 in. long; leaflets 7–9, shortly stalked, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtusely acuminate, cuneate at the base, 2–4 in. long, 3/4–2 in. broad, entire, minutely lepidote. Panicle terminal or terminal and axillary; rhachis lenticellate, densely lepidote, pilose above. Pedicels 2 lin. long. Calyx 9–11 1/2 lin. long, shortly uncinate, split down to within 2–4 lin. from the base, membranous, finely and densely lepidote, puberulous. Corolla yellow; tube campanulate-funnel-shaped, 16–20 lin. long; basal cylindric portion 5–5 1/2 lin. long, 1 1/4 lin. in diam.; lobes 7–10 lin. long, sparsely and inconspicuously glandular. Stamens inserted 5 1/2–7 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; filaments slightly thickened and pilose at the base; anther-lobes 1–1 1/4 lin. long. Disc annular, 1/2– 3/4 lin. high. Ovary 2 1/4–2 1/2 lin. long, minutely and densely lepidote; stigma-lobes elliptic or ovate, entire or minutely serrulate.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2732! Kikuyu; Nairobi, Kässner, 967!German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara: Derema, Scheffler, 142!

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