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Schlechterella abyssinica

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Identification
Schlechterella abyssinica (Chiov.) Venter & R.L.Verh. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Raphionacme abyssinica Chiov. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Schlechterella abyssinica
  • Cryptolepis ruspolii
  • Raphionacme abyssinica

Flora

Entry for SCHLECHTERELLA abyssinica (Chiov.) Venter & R.L.Verh. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
SCHLECHTERELLA abyssinica (Chiov.) Venter & R.L.Verh. [family ], (1998);
Raphionacme abyssinica Chiov. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1939);. [type as above]
Triodoglossum abyssinicum (Chiov.) Bullock [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1962). Fig. 95C–E. [type as above]
Information
Slender scaberulous climber; tuber 10–25 x 5–10 cm; aerial stems annual or perennial, twining, up to 1.5 m long. Leaves opposite; petiole c. 3 mm long; blade narrowly obovate to obovate, 20–95 x 12–35 mm, dull green, dotted, with ± recurved, acute to obtuse and mucronate tip, cuneate at the base. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, lax, paniculate, with 3–5 monochasial branches of c. 5 flowers each; peduncles 2–14 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long. Sepals 1–1.2 x 0.6–0.7 mm, ± narrowly triangular. Corolla glabrous; tube 1.7–2 mm long, campanulate; lobes spreading, 1.7–2 x 0.8–1 mm, obovate, obtuse, dark violet, violet, magenta or mottled green. Corona-lobes c. 1.5 mm long, ligulate with 3- or 5-fid tips, connivent over gynostegium, white to greenish-white or pale green. Follicles very narrowly ovoid with tapering tip, 60 x 8 mm, glabrous or sparsely scaberulous, brown.
Range
N2
Altitude range
c. 1650 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin, Abdi Dahir & Abdisalam Hassan 8943.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Uganda
Notes
Cilal (Som.).The tuber is edible.

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