Phyllanthus delagoensisHutch. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Huthchinson, J.,
Related name
Phyllanthus delagoensis
Phyllanthus heterophyllus
Flora
Entry for PHYLLANTHUS delagoensis Hutchinson [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 2, page 216, (1925) Author: (By N. E. BROWN, J. HUTCHINSON and D. PRAIN.)
Names
PHYLLANTHUS delagoensisHutchinson [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1919, ined.
Information
stems probably arising from a woody rhizome, branched from the base, sulcate, glabrous; branchlets fairly leafy; leaves broadly elliptic or oblong-elliptic, obtuse at both ends, 1 1/2–2 lin. long, 1/2–1 1/4 lin. broad, subcoriaceous, glabrous; stipules subulate, membranous; flowers monœcious, the males in the lower part, the females in the upper part of the branchlets; male pedicels short and slender; sepals 6, unequal, lanceolate, subacute, up to 1/2 lin. long, glabrous; disc-glands very small and rounded, smooth; stamens 3; filaments connate into a very short column; anthers large and dehiscing transversely and having the appearance of being 4-celled; female flowers with a pedicel 1/2– 3/4 lin. long; sepals 6, as in the male but somewhat larger and more equal; disc saucer-shaped, slightly undulate, fleshy, glabrous; stigmas subentire and almost sessile on the ovary; fruits and seeds not seen. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Delagoa Bay; Lorenzo Marques, Schlechter, 11663!