Chassalia unrecordedunrecorded [family RUBIACEAE ] Psychotria bifariaHiern [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Petit, E., Psychotria pauridianthaHiern [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
Psychotria pauridiantha
Psychotria bifaria
Chassalia unrecorded
Flora
Entry for PSYCHOTRIA bifaria Hiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
PSYCHOTRIA bifariaHiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
A small shrub, 2 feet high; branches scarcely woody, somewhat tumid below the nodes, towards the extremities bifariously hairy. Leaves elliptical, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, glabrous, chartaceous, rather paler beneath, 2 1/2–3 1/2 by 3/4–1 in., margins revolute; petiole 1/8– 1/4 in., hispidulous; stipules 1/4– 1/3 in. long, from an ovate or lanceolate base, shortly hairy at the back, terminating in 2 setaceous points. Flowers pentamerous, 1/6 in. long, on slender pedicels, several, forming terminal corymbose or hemispherical panicles of 1/2– 2/3 in. diam.; common peduncle 1/2 in., very slender; bracts minute or obsolete. Calyx green; limb small; teeth short. Corolla white; tube funnel-shaped, straight; throat bearded. Anthers included. Style short, bifid. Young fruit oblique.
