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Neoboutonia glabrescens

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Name

Identification
Neoboutonia glabrescens Prain [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Neoboutonia mannii Benth. & Hook.f. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Neoboutonia africana
  • Neoboutonia glabrescens
  • Neoboutonia mannii
Common name
  • keperu-mbang (KO&S) kepuru-mbang (Catterall ex JMD) (NIGERIA, BOKYI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ejuraip (KO&S) (NIGERIA, EJAGHAM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kenpuru mbang (Catterall) (NIGERIA, OLULUMO (Ikom)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gbo-ah (C&R) (LIBERIA, KRU-BASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for NEOBOUTONIA glabrescens Prain [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 441, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
NEOBOUTONIA glabrescens Prain [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1911, 265.
Information
Shrub, 12–15 ft. high; twigs stellate-scurfy. Leaves distinctly petioled, orbicular-cordate, acute, entire, 4–8 in. long, as much across, green, stellate-scurfy on nerves and veins only; petiole finely scurfy; stipules minute, ovate-lanceolate. Male flowers pedicelled, copiously panicled, in bud globose, 1 lin. wide when open; rhachis and panicle branches sparingly scurfy. Calyx glabrous. Stamens 15–20; filaments longer than the anthers; connective usually with a single (sometimes with 2–3) terminal glands. Female flowers in copiously branched racemes, small, 2 lin. long, 3 lin. wide. Sepals triangular, pubescent, connate below in a tube longer than the lobes. Styles narrow, with 2 linear lobes. Fruit unknown.
Distribution
Spanish Guinea Lower Guinea Nkolentangan, 1500 ft., Tessmann, 133! Akonangi, Tessmann, 982!Cameroons Upper Guinea Victoria; Bimbia, Preuss, 1288! Kribi; Bipinde, 1300–1600 ft., Zenker, 1527! 3202A! 4246! Yaunde; Epfasa, 2700 ft., Zenker, 1430!

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