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Pentodon decumbens

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Name

Identification
Pentodon decumbens Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE ] Pentodon pentandrus Bremek. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Pentodon decumbens
  • Oldenlandia decumbens
  • Pentodon pentandrus
  • Hedyotis pentamera
  • Oldenlandia macrophylla

Flora

Entry for HEDYOTIS pentamera Hochst. [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
HEDYOTIS pentamera Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], !
Pentodon decumbens Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], l. c. p. 67.
Information
quite glabrous, stem decumbent or creeping, tetragonal, dichotomously branched; leaves ovato-lanceolate, acute; stipules with 1 or 2 bifid bristles; flowers axillary, racemose, pedicels geminate, in fruit deflexed, 4–5 times longer than the shortly toothed calyx; corolla funnel-shaped, hairy inside, lobes acute; fruit ovato-globose, smooth.Stem 1 or 2 feet long. Leaves 1 1/2–2 inches long, 1/2 inch broad, acute at both ends. Racemes simple, 5–10-flowered, or compound 12–16-flowered, on a peduncle as long or longer than the leaf. Pedicels with a minute bract. Calyx 1 line long, the teeth equalling the tube. Corolla 4 lines long, white? limb ovate. Capsule truncate, didymous, crowned by very short calyx teeth. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Natal, Drege, 4887; Krauss, 332, J. Sanderson; Guienzius, 471; Ger. & M‘K. (Herb. D., Sd.)

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