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Pavetta corymbosa

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Name

Identification
Pavetta corymbosa Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Ixora ferrea
  • Whydahia laurifolia
  • Pavetta rhombifolia
  • Pavetta schweinfurthii
  • Ixora nitida
  • Pavetta nitida
  • Baconia corymbosa
  • Pavetta baconia
  • Pavetta laurifolia
  • Pavetta corymbosa
Common name
  • ta-bak-a-ro-bat (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • besigbensi (NWT) kobe (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • botakãd (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • n-zoséréyié (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, BAULE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • kronko (auc (GHANA, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • nzosereyie (FRC) (GHANA, BAULE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • mungagba (B&D) (IVORY COAST, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • dσkumi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for PAVETTA Caffra Thunb. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
PAVETTA Caffra Thunb. [family RUBIACEAE], ! fl. cap. p. 146;—E. Z.! 2302.
PAVETTA corymbosa Houtt. [family RUBIACEAE], Nat. Hist. t. 10
Ixora caffra Poir. [family RUBIACEAE], suppl. 3, p. 209.
Information
branches terete, as well as the leaves glabrous; leaves obovate, almost sessile; stipules broad, cuspidate; corymbs dense-flowered; teeth of calyx setaceous, twice longer than the tube. Shrub 3–6 feet high, with whitish branches. Leaves with slightly recurved margins, the lateral nerves often not conspicuous, quite glabrous, or in Var. β. pubescent, 1 1/2–2 inches long, about 1 inch broad, attenuated at the base, sometimes in a short petiole. Teeth of calyx 2 lines, tube of corolla 6 lines long. Fruit black, shining, as large as a pea crowned with the calyx.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In woods, Dists. of Uitenhage, Albany, Caffraria and Port Natal, Thunb. E. & Z. Drege, Zeyh. 2711. Dec.—Jan. (Herb. Thunb., Sd., D.)

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