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Oxyanthus macrophyllus

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Name

Identification
Oxyanthus macrophyllus Schweinf. ex Hiern [family RUBIACEAE ] Oxyanthus unilocularis Hiern [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sonké,B.,
Related name
  • Oxyanthus unilocularis
  • Oxyanthus macrophyllus

Flora

Entry for Oxyanthus unilocularis Hiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Oxyanthus unilocularis Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], in F.T.A. 3: 110 (1877); Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 286, t. 357; F. W. Andr. Fl. Pl. A.-E. Sud. 2: 455.
Oxyanthus macrophyllus Schweinf. ex Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], l.c(1877)
Oxyanthus litoreus S. Moore [family RUBIACEAE], (1905).
Information
A shrub or tree, to 25 ft. high, with stout, more or less angled branchlets sometimes becoming hollow; leaves dark glossy green above, coarsely hairy beneath; calyx green, corolla white; in forest, including fringing forest in the savanna regions.
Habitat
; in forest, including fringing forest in the savanna regions.
Distribution
S. L.: Kahreni to Port Loko Sc. Elliot 5827! Makeni (young fr. Jan.) Deighton 2837! Njala (fl. buds Apr.) Deighton 2888! Bandajuma (May) Aylmer 80!Lib.: Ganfa (June) Harley 1211! Flumpa (fl. buds Sept.) Baldwin 9361! Dobli Isl., St. Paul R. Bequaert 17! Moylakwelli Linder 1317!Iv. C.: Abidjan Aubrév. 195; 469.Ghana: Tukobo, Axim Dist.N. Nig.: Jebba Barter 1075! Acharane, Kabba Prov. (June) Daramola FHI 38030! Anara F.R., Zaria Prov. (fr. Oct.) Keay FHI 5463! Katsina Ala Dalz. 644!S. Nig.: Ibadan (fl. buds Jan.) Meikle 1119! Sapoba Kennedy 2269! 2317! Bonny R. (Oct.) Mann 506! Oban Talbot 289! 1416![Br.] Cam.: Serti, Gashaka Dist. (fr. Feb.) Latilo 8 Daramola FHI 34452!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Ubangi-Shari
Sudan
Gabon
Cabinda
Congo
Uganda

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