Entry for STREPTOCARPUS ovata C. B. Clarke. [family GESNERIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 503, (1905) Author: (By J. G. Baker and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
STREPTOCARPUS ovataC. B. Clarke. [family GESNERIACEAE]
STREPTOCARPUS caulescensC. B. Clarke var. ovata [family GESNERIACEAE], in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 154.
Information
Internodes of stem long, and somewhat swollen. Leaves up to 2 1/2 in. long, ovate-elliptic, nerves prominent on the lower surface. Peduncles 3–6 in. long; cyme straggling, thin; ultimate branches slender, sparingly glandular-hairy. Calyx-segments 1/8 in. long, oblong-linear, gland-tipped, glabrate or very sparsely hairy. Corolla, stamens, pistil, seeds, as of S. caulescens and S. Holstii.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Magila, Kirk!
