Strophanthus intermediusPax [family APOCYNACEAE ] Strophanthus amboensis(Schinz) Engl.&Pax [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Beentje,H.J.,
Related name
Strophanthus intermedius
Strophanthus congoensis
Strophanthus amboensis
Flora
Entry for STROPHANTHUS intermedius Pax [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 intermediusPax [family APOCYNACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 375. —Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 3 sér. v. 287; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 671; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 156. Gilg in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl. vii. 31 with fig.
Information
An arboreous shrub or a climber, quite glabrous (except the corolla); branches reddish-brown, dotted with minute lenticels. Leaves ovate, 2–3 in. long, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. broad, rounded or subacute at the base, acuminate, thin, membranous; secondary nerves 5–6 on each side, not raised; reticulation faint; petiole 4 lin. long. Cymes terminal, subsessile, few- to 1-flowered; bracts early deciduous; pedicels 3–4 lin. long. Calyx 2 1/2 lin. long; sepals ovate, acuminate. Corolla deep purple and minutely puberulous outside, orange inside; infrastaminal part of tube 1 1/2–2 lin. long, suprastaminal part wide, tubular, 5–6 lin. long; lobes attenuate from a lanceolate base into linear tails, 1 1/2–1 3/4 in. long; throat-scales linear from a broader base, 1 lin. long. Follicles woody, conical, obtuse (Welwitsch).
