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Osyridicarpos scandens

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Identification
Osyridicarpos scandens Engl. [family SANTALACEAE ] Verified by Polhill, R.M., Osyridicarpos schimperianus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) A.DC. [family SANTALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Osyridicarpos kirkii
  • Thesium virens
  • Osyridicarpos schimperianus
  • Osyridicarpos natalensis
  • Thesium macrocarpum
  • Osyridicarpos scandens
  • Thesium schimperianum
  • Osyridicarpos mildbraedianus

Flora

Entry for OSYRIDICARPOS scandens Engl. [family SANTALACEAE]
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 411, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
OSYRIDICARPOS scandens Engl. [family SANTALACEAE], Jahrb. xix. Beibl. 47, 29.
Information
An Undershrub; branchlets long, green, sulcate, slender, pubescent towards the tip. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong, 1/2– 3/4 in. long by half as broad, obtuse with a mucro, narrowed to the base, comparatively thin, dull green and pubescent on both surfaces, 3–5-nerved. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves on short erecto-patent pubescent pedicels; bracts minute, ovate or lanceolate. Perianth 1/4 in. long above the ovary; lobes ovate, 1/4 the length of the tube.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 3500 ft., Volkens, 1723!

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