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Pircunia abyssinica

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Name

Identification
Pircunia abyssinica (Hoffm.) Moq. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Phytolacca abyssinica Hoffm. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE ] Verified by Bräuchler, C., 2013
Related name
  • Phytolacca dodecandra
  • Pircunia abyssinica
  • Phytolacca abyssinica

Flora

Entry for PHYTOLACCA Abyssinica Hoffm. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 151, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
PHYTOLACCA Abyssinica Hoffm. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], in Com. Goett. 12. p. 28. f. 2
PHYTOLACCA dodecandra Herit. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Strip. t. 69.
Pircunia Abyssinica Moq. [family ], in DC. l. c.
Information
stem shrubby, climbing, terete; leaves on long petioles, ovate or ovate-elliptical, obtuse at base, acute and recurvo-mucronate at the apex; racemes much longer than the leaves, the rachis pubescent; pedicels longer than the flowers; calyx reflexed; stamens 5–12; carpels 5–8. Stem 10–20 feet high, climbing and scrambling over rocks. Leaves on long and slender petioles, 2–3 inches long, 1 1/2–2 inches broad, varying from ovate to nearly elliptical, but always acute. Peduncles short or obsolete, raceme several inches long, densely flowered. Calyces strongly reflexed soon after the opening of the flower.
Range
A native of Abyssinia, Madagascar and the Sandwich Islands.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Between Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege! Near Port Natal, Mr. Sanderson. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook.).

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