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Ottelia ulvifolia

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Name

Identification
Ottelia ulvifolia (Planch.) Walp. [family HYDROCHARITACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ottelia ulvifolia
Common name
  • kumubu (LeClerq fide JMD) (SENEGAL, FULA-TUKULOR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • nεŋgbε (NWT; FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kunto (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • komachumja (?) (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • yi-sasa (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KONO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • yi ba bo (Har.) (LIBERIA, MANO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Ottelia ulvifolia [family HYDROCHARITACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Ottelia ulvifolia [family HYDROCHARITACEAE]
Common names
Damasonium ulvaefolium Planch, in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 11 : 81 (1849). Ottelia lancifolia Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2 : 280, t.95 (1851); Wright in F.T.A. 7 : 7 (1897). Type: Ethiopia, Shire, Quartin Dillon. O. plantaginea Welw. ex Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 22 : 238 (1886); Wright in F.T.A. 7: 7(1897). Type: Angola, Welwitsch 6469 (BM, holo.). O. vesiculata Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 22 : 237 (1886); Wright in F.T.A. 7 : 7 (1897). Type: Angola, Welwitsch 6497 (BM, holo.). O. crassifolia (Ridley) Welw. ex Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 2, 1 : 2 (1899). O. baumii Guerke in Baum, Kunene-Sambesi Exp. 171 (1903). Type: Angola, Baum 858 (B, holo., M, PRE, photo.). O. benguellensis Guerke in Baum, Kunene-Sambesi Exp. 172 (1903). Type: Angola, Lion pan, Baum 120 (B, holo.?). "O. sp. cf. O. ulvaefolia (Planch.) Walp.", Wager in Trans. Roy, Soc. S. Afr. 16 : 201, t.22 (1928). O. australis Brem. in Ann. Transv. Mus. 15 : 235 (1933). Type: Transvaal, Pietersburg district, Vivo vlei, Breme-kamp & Schweickerdt 203 (PRE, holo.). O. macrantha (Wright) Dandy in Journ. Bot. Lond. 72 : 138 (1934). O. vernayi Brem. & Oberm. In Ann. Transv. Mus. 16 :401 (1935). Type:Bechuaca-land, Chobe River, Maun, Van Son in TRV 28852 (PRE, nolo.). Boottia abyssinica Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 22 : 239 (1886); Wright in F.T.A. 7 : 9 (1897). Type: Ethiopia, Schimper 1452 (BM, hole). B. crassifolia Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 22 : 239 (1886); Wright in F.T.A. 7 : 9 (1897). Type: Angola, Mumpulla River and at Lopollo, Welwitsch 6470 (BM, holo.; M, PRE, photo.). B. rohrbachiana Aschers. & Guerke in Pflanzenfam. 2,1 : 256 (1889). Type: Central Africa. B. macrantha Wright in F.T.A. 7 : 9 (1897). Type: Mozambique, Scott (K, holo.).
Information
Monoecious. Leaves all submerged, in rosettes, crowded, radical or on petioles, thin but firm, variable in size and shape, linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, up to 23 cm long and 5 cm broad, attenuate above and below, margin wavy, entire or sparsely denti­culate. Inflorescence on a peduncle which is triangular in cross-section, up to 23 cm long and 3 mm in diam.; spathes saccate, com­pressed, narrow-ovate in outline, becoming much broader in fruit, up to 4 cm long and 2 cm broad, green with brownish nerves, nar­rowly winged, orifice with a few irregular small teeth; flowers bisexual; perianth-tube just exserted from spathe, outer segments linear-oblong, 8 mm long and 2 mm broad, green, inner obovate, 25 mm long and 9 mm broad, yellow or cream, with a small gland at the base; stamens 6, filaments flattened, 4 mm long, anthers small; ovary 17 mm long and 4 mm broad, placentas 6, unequal, styles 6 with 2 short stigmaticrarms. Fruit enclosed in the spathe, seeds small, cylindrical, covered with fine white hairs. Fig. 35 : 1.
Use
2. Ottelia ulvifolia (Planch.) Walp., Ann. 3 : 510 (1852-3); Hutch. & Dalz., F.W.T.A. 2: 301, fig. 279 (1931); Dandy in J. Bot. Lond. 72 : 138 (1934); Oberm., Schweick. & Ver-doorn in Bothalia 3 : 225 (1937); Wild in Rhod. Agric. Journ. 49 : 118 (1952); Kirkia 2 : 34, t.l2b (1961). Syntypes: Madagascar, Lyall 149; Bojer{K).
Range
Recorded from the warmer parts of the Trans­vaal and northern South West Africa. Widespread in subtropical and tropical Africa. Transvaal.—Letaba: Gravelotte, Blackhills, Wager; Kruger National Park, Mahlambanhlovu Pan, Van der Schijff 2%41. Pietersburg: Vivo vlei, Bremekamp & Schweickerdt 203. Pretoria: near Petronella, Dyer, Verdoorn & Mauve 4267. Soutpansberg: Duvenagespan near Amisfort, Schweickerdt & Verdoorn 623. Waterberg: near Naboomspruit, Nyl River, Mauve 4260. S.W.A.—Caprivi: near Andara, Okavango River, Merxmiiller 2095. Okavango: near Runtu, Omuramba Omatako, De Winter & Marais 5045; Kanovlei, Dinter 7191.

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