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Sida longicuspis

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Name

Identification
Abutilon longicuspe Hochst. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Sida longicuspis Hochst. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Sida longicuspis
  • Abutilon longicuspe

Flora

Entry for ABUTILON longicuspe Hochst. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 175, (1868) Author: (by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters).
Names
ABUTILON longicuspe Hochst. [family MALVACEAE], in Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 68.
Sida longicuspis Hochst. [family MALVACEAE], Pl. Schimp. Abyss.
Sida acuminata R. Br. [family MALVACEAE], in Salt, Abyss. App. 65.
Information
A shrubby, much-branched plant, thickly beset with fine down. Leaves stalked, cordate, broadly ovate, with long points, serrate, palmately 5–7-nerved, paler beneath. Flowers numerous, in large, terminal, much-branched, ultimately leafless clusters. Pedicels jointed. Calyx broadly cup-shaped, 5-cleft; segments acute, about one-third the length of the purplish reflected corolla. Fruit subglobose, umbilicate, downy, longer than the persistent calyx. Carpels about 20, obtuse, reniform, 1-seeded, ultimately seceding from the axis.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Mount Chiradzura, Dr. Meller!Abyssinia Nile Land Salt! Schimper!

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