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Ruspolia hypocrateriformis

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Identification
Ruspolia hypocrateriformis (Vahl) Milne-Redh. [family ACANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ruspolia hypocrateriformis
Common name
  • wσnane (FRI) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

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Entry for Ruspolia hypocrateriformis (Vahl) Milne-Redhead [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 1
Names
Ruspolia hypocrateriformis (Vahl) Milne-Redhead [family ACANTHACEAE]
Common names
GHANA: GA wσnane (FRI)
Uses
Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: hedges, markers
Description
A straggling shrub to over 1 m high of the savanna, and secondary and deciduous forest areas from Senegal to W Cameroons, and dispersed to Uganda, Kenya and Transvaal.The plant is distinctly ornamental. The flowers are borne in showy terminal inflorescences with coral-red tubular flowers 3.75 cm long. A cultivar grown in America is predominantly yellow with lobes crimson on the outer side (1). The plant makes a good hedge.
References
Reference:1. Bates, 1976: 989.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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