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Tarchonanthus camphoratus

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Identification
Tarchonanthus camphoratus L. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Tarchonanthus littoralis
  • Tarchonanthus obovatus
  • Tarchonanthus angustissimus
  • Tarchonanthus litakunensis
  • Tarchonanthus minor
  • Tarchonanthus camphoratus

Flora

Entry for TARCHONANTHUS camphoratus Linn. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 44, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
TARCHONANTHUS camphoratus Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. 1179;—DC. l. c. 431. Th.! Cap. 637. Lam. Ill. t. 671.
Information
leaves lanceolate-oblong (or obovate), acute at base, subacute or obtuse at apex, quite entire or denticulate, the adult glabrous and tessellato-reticulate above, tomentose and penninerved beneath; panicle terminal, many-headed. A large shrub, with a strong, balsamic odour. Leaves 3–5 inches long, 1/2–1 1/2 in. wide, the young ones densely velvetty above, the old glabrate and finely reticulate, the reticulations either flat or hollow in the middle, as if pitted. I cannot distinguish T. Litakunensis, so far as Drege's specimens are authority. The pitted and non-pitted reticulation varies in the same specimen, and seems to arise either from some condition of the leaf, or irregularity in drying. The leaves also vary much in size.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Throughout the Colony, common. β. Litaku, Burch. Rhinoster Kopf, Burke! Omsamculo, Drege! Hopetown, A. Wyley! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.)

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