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Ocimum descampsii

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Name

Identification
Ocimum descampsii Briq. [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Becium obovatum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) N.E.Br. [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Becium obovatum
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Flora

Entry for Ocimum Descampsii Briquet [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
Ocimum Descampsii Briquet [family LABIATAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 83.
Information
An undershrub, with pubescent dull green divaricate branches. Leaves subsessile, oblong, 1/2 in. long, subacute, narrowed to the base, entire, dull green above with scattered short hairs, subglabrous and gland-dotted beneath. Whorls few, 6-flowered, forming a dense terminal head; bracts oblong-lanceolate, pilose, as long as the calyx. Flower-calyx 1/8– 1/6 in. long; tube campanulate, densely clothed with short white hairs; upper tooth ovate, obtuse; lower teeth small, setaceous. Corolla-tube produced 1/10 in. from the throat of the calyx; upper lip obovate, 1/3 in. long. Stamens much exserted.
Distribution
Congo South Central M'Towa, on Lake Tanganyika, Descamps.

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