Entry for SCAPHOPETALUM Mannii Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 214, (1868) Author: (by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters).
Names
SCAPHOPETALUM ManniiMast. [family STERCULIACEAE], l. c. 29. t. 3. fig. 1–7.
Information
A shrub with rugose branches. Petioles 3–4 lines long. Stipules lanceolate, striate, about as long as the petioles. Leaves subcordate, narrow above the base, subpanduriform, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, subcoriaceous, 8–9 in. long, 1–1 1/2 in. wide. Pedicels fasciculate, 1 in. long, springing from the old wood or from the axils of the fallen leaves. Calyx glabrous, ultimately bursting by 2 oblong valves. Petals erect, yellow, hooded, striated, longer than the sepals. Staminal tube and ovary as in the former species.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Mount John, Kongui river, Mann!
Notes
Distinguished from its congeners by the peculiar form of the leaves.
