Pycnobotrya nitidaBenth. [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Pycnobotrya multifloraStapf [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
Pycnobotrya nitida
Pycnobotrya multiflora
Flora
Entry for PYCNOBOTRYA multiflora K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 24, (1904) Author: (By Otto Stapf.)
Branches terete, very finely rusty-tomentose when young, soon glabrescent and black when dry. Leaves opposite or ternate, oblong to oblanceolate or obovate, 2–4 in. long, 3/4–1 1/2 in. broad, acute or subcuneate at the base, abruptly and obtusely acuminate, glabrous and shining above, dotted with black glands below; secondary nerves scarcely 1 lin. distant, with fainter parallel veins between; nervation slightly prominent and much more conspicuous above; petiole slender, 2–3 lin. long. Inflorescence corymbose, about 1 in. long, much overtopped by the uppermost pair of leaves, finely rusty- or fusco-tomentose all over; peduncles up to 9 lin. long; bracts very minute; pedicels up to 1/2– 3/4 lin. long. Calyx not quite 1/2 lin. long. Corolla glabrous, 3 lin. long in the mature bud, purple (?); tube 7/8 lin. long; anthers slightly over 1/2 lin. long.
