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Mayepea welwitschii

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Identification
Olea welwitschii (Knobl.) Gilg&Schellenb. [family OLEACEAE ] (stored under name); Mayepea welwitschii Knobl. [family OLEACEAE ]
Related name
  • Steganthus welwitschii
  • Mayepea welwitschii
  • Olea welwitschii
  • Nathusia welwitschii

Flora

Entry for LINOCIERA Welwitschii Baker [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
LINOCIERA Welwitschii Baker [family OLEACEAE]
Mayepea Welwitschii Knobl. [family OLEACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 530; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 658.
Information
A tree 50–80 ft. high; branchlets and leaves at first pubescent, soon glabrescent. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, subcoriaceous, above an inch long. Panicles half as long as the leaves; bracts oblong, deciduous. Calyx-tube campanulate; teeth 4, obtuse, 1/3 the length of the tube. Corolla-tube half as long as the orbicular lobes.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Golungo Alto; in dense forests by the cataracts of the River Cuango, near Sange, Welwitsch, 945! 946.

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