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Pentadiplandra brazzeana

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Name

Identification
Pentadiplandra brazzeana Pellegr. ex Villiers [family CAPPARIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Pentadiplandra brazzeana Pellegr. ex Villiers [family CAPPARIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Pentadiplandracere unrecorded
  • Colylongchia chevalieri
  • Cotylongchia chevalieri
  • Pentadiplandra gossweileri
  • Pentadiplandra brazzeana
  • Cotylonichia chevalieri
  • Cercopetalum dasyanthum
Common name
  • gbegbe (IFE) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baill. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Pentadiplandra brazzeana Baill. [family CAPPARACEAE], l.c. (1886); Pax & K. Hoffm. in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 17B: 206, fig. 114 (1936); Hauman & Wilczek in Fl. Congo Belge 2: 480.
Cercopetalum dasyanthum Gilg [family ], in EnglBotJahrb24: 308, t3 (1897); opcit53: 266
Information
Erect or half scandent; flowers conspicuous, petals white, spotted red or bluish towards the tips.
Range
Recorded from Dschang, Ndonge and Semukina in the French Cameroons, just outside the area of our Flora; very likely to be found in the British Cameroons. Extends through French Cameroons to Belgian Congo.

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