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Name

Identification
Scaevola thunbergii Eckl. & Zeyh. [family GOODENIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for SCAEVOLA Thunbergii E. & Z. [family GOODENIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 530, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER).
Names
SCAEVOLA Thunbergii E. & Z. [family GOODENIACEAE], ! 2422;—Presl in E. Mey. Comm. pl. Dreg. p. 292.
SCAEVOLA Lobelia Thunb. [family GOODENIACEAE], ! fl. cap. p. 186.
Information
shrubby, glabrous; leaves obovate, obtuse, quite entire, subpetiolate, fleshy, with bearded axils; peduncles axillary, angulate, dichotomous, cymose-spiked; bracteæ linear, opposite; calyx campanulate, bluntish, denticulate; tube of corolla very villous inside, twice longer than the calyx, lobes marginate; style villous at the base; drupe globose, smooth, bilocular. Leaves 2–3 inches long, 1 1/2 in. wide. Flowers nearly 1 in. long. Drupe the size of a small cherry. [Scarcely, if at all, different from S. Plumieri, Vahl. W.H.H.]
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sea shore near Mosselbay, Thunb.; Albany, H. Hutton; Algoabay and mouth of the Zwartkops river, E. & Z. Zeyh, 3086; Port Natal, Drege, T. Williamson. Nov.-Dec. (Herb., Thunb., Holm., Hook., D., Sd.)

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