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Moschosma multiflorum

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Name

Identification
Moschosma multiflorum Benth. [family LAMIACEAE ] Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) Codd [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Moschosma multiflorum
  • Tetradenia multiflora
  • Tetradenia riparia
  • Plectranthus multiflorus

Flora

Entry for MOSCHOSMA multiflorum Benth. [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 5, page 332, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker)
Names
MOSCHOSMA multiflorum Benth. [family LABIATAE], in DC. Prod. xii. 49. —A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 179; Gürke in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 349.
Plectranthus multiflorus Hochst. ex Benth. [family LABIATAE], l. c.
Information
Perennial, suffruticose. Stems densely pubescent. Leaves petioled, cordateovate, membranous, deeply crenate, 3–6 in. long, pubescent on both sides. Flowers subunisexual, forming a lax panicle often 1 ft. long, about 12 in a whorl; staminate whorls less dense than the pistillate; bracts minute; rhachis densely hairy. Calyx hairy, 1/2 lin. long; teeth small, subequal, ovate. Corolla twice as long as the calyx.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Masheua, Holst, 8720!Abyssinia Nile Land between Sana and Ferrefera, Schimper, 776; near Jelejeranne, Schimper, 1688! Shire, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 9! and without precise locality, Schimper, 686! Parkyns!

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