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Richardia africana

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Name

Identification
Richardia africana Kunth [family ARACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for RICHARDIA africana Kunth [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 32, (1900) Author: (By N. E. BROWN.)
Names
RICHARDIA africana Kunth [family ], in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, iv. 433, t. 20;—Kunth, Enum. Pl. iii. 58; Scholt, Synop. Aroid. 131; Gen. Aroid. t. 62; and Prod. Aroid. 324; Engl. in DC. Monog. Phan. ii. 327.
Calla æthiopica Linn. [family ARACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. i. 968; Bot. Mag. t. 832; Jacq. Fragm. 29, t. 32, fig. 3 (fruit).
Colocasia æthiopica Spreng. [family ARACEAE], inLink Handb. i. 267.
Zantedeschia æthiopica Spreng. [family ARACEAE], Syst. Veg. iii. 765; Engl. Jahrb. iv. 64.
Information
petiole smooth, without bristles; blade of the leaf 6–18 in. long, 4–10 in. broad, cordate or hastate, obtuse or acute, tipped with a subulate point, the length of the part above the basal lobes much less than twice its breadth, green, unspotted; spathe 4–10 in. long; limb oblique, recurving from the tube, milk-white, without any blotch at the base within; spadix sessile, about half as long as the spathe, or less, cylindric; ovaries narrowed into a distinct style 1/2– 3/4 line long, pale greenish-white; staminodia and anthers bright yellow. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; common around Cape Town, Pappe! Tyger Berg, below 1000 ft., Drège! Riversdale Div.; Zoetemelks River, Gill!EASTERN REGION Natal; Inanda, Wood, 286!
Notes
A curious form of this species with a branched spadix is figured in the Gardeners' Chronicle 1895, xvii. 135, figs. 19, 20. A dwarf form about a foot high was introduced into European gardens in 1894 or 1895, where it is known under the name of “Little Gem.”

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