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Parapentas setigera

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Name

Identification
Parapentas setigera (Hiern) Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Parapentas gabonica
  • Virecta setigera
  • Parapentas setigera
  • Virecta unrecorded
Common name
  • pipawo (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Parapentas setigera (Hiern) Verdc. [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
Parapentas setigera (Hiern) Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 23: 57 (1953).
Virecta setigera Hiern [family ], in F.T.A3: 48 (1877); F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 130
Parapentas gabonica Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE], l.c57 (1952).
Information
A creeping or straggling herb rooting at the nodes and sending up lateral shoots; flowers white;on the forest floor.
Habitat
on the forest floor.
Distribution
Guin.: Heudelot 866!S. L.: Bagroo R. (Apr.) Mann 874!Lib.: Sangwin (Mar.) Baldwin 11313! Tappi (Dec.) Baldwin 70!Iv. C.: Kéeta Chev. 19372! Sanvi Chev. 17778! Tiapleu Aké Assi 5971!S. Nig.: Okomu F.R. (Jan.) Brenan 8529! Shasha F.R. (Apr.) Ross 216! 299! Oban Talbot 253! Cross R. North F.R. (Dec.) Keay FHI 28154! Afi River F.R. (May) Jones 8 Onochie FHI 18612!F. Po: Barter 2048! Mann 215!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Gabon
Cabinda
Congo
Nyasaland

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