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Schwenckia americana

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Name

Identification
Schwenckia americana L. [family SOLANACEAE ]
Related name
  • Schwenckia americana

Flora

Entry for Schwenckia americana Linn. [family SOLANACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Schwenckia americana Linn. [family SOLANACEAE], Gen. Pl., ed. 6, 577 (error " 567 ") (1764); F.T.A. 4, 2: 260; Chev. Bot. 469; Berhaut Fl. Sén. 203.
Schwenckia hirta [family SOLANACEAE], ofCHWright in F.T.A4, 2: 260, not of Klotzsch; ChevBot469
(?) s. guineensis Schum. & Thonn. [family ], (1827).
Information
Erect slender-branched herb 1-3 ft. high; flowers greenish-yellow; weed of cultivation.
Distribution
Sen.: Berhaut 1126.Mali: (fl. & fr. Apr.) Leprieur!Guin.: Dalaba-Diaguissa Chev. 18870; 18897. Boola to Moribadou Chev. 20942. Conakry (fl. 8 fr. June) Debeaux 421!S. L.: Kitchom Sc.Lib.: Sinkor (fl. & fr. Sept.) Barker 1063! Bushrod Is. (fl. 8 fr. Apr.) Barker 1295!Iv. C.: Adiopodoumé (fr. Sept.) Roberty 12208! Brafouédi (ft. Dec.) de Wit 7252! Mt. Nimba (fl. 8 fr. June) P. Gruys 42!Ghana: Cape Coast Castle (fr. July) T. Vogel 12! Accra Brown 308! Achimota (fl. 8 fr. May) Irvine 696! Pong Tamale (fl. July) Williams 827!Dah.: Allado Chev. 23377.N. Nig.: R. Niger (Quorra) (fl. Sept.) T. Vogel 193! Nupe Barter! Sokoto Prov. (June) Dalz. 546! Zaria (fl. 8 fr. Mar.) Hill 41! Abinsi (fl. 8 fr. July) Dalz. 722! Yola (fl. 8 fr. July) Dalz. 118!S. Nig.: Lagos (fr. Apr.) Millen 100! Dawodu! Ibadan (Mar.) Schlechter 12332! Aguku Dist. Thomas 1392![Br.] Cam.: Mildbr. 9449! Bamenda, 5,000 ft. (fl. 8 fr. Apr.) Maitland 1647! Gurum, Adamawa (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Hepper 1315!

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