Strophanthus demeuseiDewevre [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Strophanthus amboensis(Schinz) Engl. & Pax [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Beentje H.J., 1981
Related name
Strophanthus demeusei
Strophanthus amboensis
Flora
Entry for STROPHANTHUS Demeusei A. Dewèvre [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 24, (1904) Author: (By Otto Stapf.)
Names
STROPHANTHUS DemeuseiA. Dewèvre [family APOCYNACEAE], in Journ. Pharm. Anvers, 1894, 8 (of the reprint). —Durand & Schinz, Études Fl. Congo, i. 191; Gilg in Jahrb. xxxii. 156. Gilg in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl. vii. 32 with fig.
Information
A climber, quite glabrous (except the corolla); branches brown, dotted with lenticels. Leaves ovate, 3 1/2–4 in. long, 1 1/2–2 1/4 in. broad, rounded at the base, subacuminate, thin, membranous; secondary nerves 5–6 on each side, not raised; reticulation faint; petiole 4–6 lin. long. Cymes terminal (or subterminal?) on lateral branches, peduncled, 2–4-flowered; peduncle slender, often curved, 3–4 lin. long; bracts small, early deciduous; pedicels 2–4 lin. long. Calyx 2–2 1/2 lin. long; sepals ovate, subacuminate. Corolla puberulous outside; infrastaminal part of tube 2 lin. long, suprastaminal part tubular, 4 lin. long; lobes attenuate into linear tails from a lanceolate base, 1–1 1/2 in. long; throat-scales linear from a broader base, 1 lin. long.
Distribution
Congo Lower Guinea Buana, 1960 ft., Demeuse, 518!
Notes
Very closely allied to S. intermedius, Pax, and perhaps not specifically distinct.
