bofuasokuwa (TFC; FRI) duagyanye or the large ’duagyanye’; cf. P. peduncularis, the small ’duagyanye’ (FRI) σbσhwe (FRI) σbσhwe asokuwa (FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
duagyanye or the large ’duagyanye’ (FRI) σbσhwe (FRI) σbσhwe asokuwa (FRI) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for PSYCHOTRIA Vogeliana Benth. [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 VogelianaBenth. [family RUBIACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 420.
Information
A shrub, 3–15 feet high. Branches subterete, glabrate, towards the extremities pubescent and more or less compressed. Leaves oval, subacuminate or cuspidate, wedge-shaped or obtuse at the base, thinly coriaceous, glabrate above, puberulous beneath at least on the midrib or the 14–16 pairs of lateral veins, 3–9 by 1–4 in., margins flat or nearly so; petiole 1/6–1 in.; stipules ovate, bifid or crimped. Flowers several together, sessile, capitate; bracteoles small, mostly bidentate; heads rather small, numerous, arranged in axillary subterminal corymbosely branched puberulous cymes; bracts like the stipules; common peduncles 1–3 in. Calyx-limb cup-shaped; teeth 5, ciliolate. Corolla white, 5-lobed. Anthers 5, exserted. Style exserted. Berries 1/4 in. long, 10-ribbed.
Distribution
Upper Guinea On the Quorra, at Abòh, Th. Vogel! Niger Expedition, at Onitsha, Barter! bank of the Nun River, Mann!
