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Tennantia sennii

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Name

Identification
Tennantia sennii (Chiov.) Verdc. & Bridson [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Tennantia sennii
  • Tricalysia sennii

Flora

Entry for TENNANTIA sennii (Chiov.) Verdc. & Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by D. Bridson & M. Thulin (Pavetta), J. Degreef & D. Bridson (Coptosperma), and M. Thulin (Agathisanthemum, Canthium, Carphalea, Catunaregam, Coffea, Conostomium, Diodia, Feretia, Galium, Gardenia, Heinsia, Kohautia, Lamprothamnus, Meyna, Oldenlandia, Oxyanthus, Pachystigma, Paederia, Pentanisia, Pentanopsis, Pentas, Pentodon, Plocama, Polysphaeria, Psychotria, Psydrax, Pyrostria, Rothmannia, Rubia, Rytigynia, Spermacoce, Tennantia, Tricalysia, Valantia, Vangueria, Wendlandia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TENNANTIA sennii (Chiov.) Verdc. & Bridson [family RUBIACEAE], (1981);. type: S3, “Saar Tumai”, Senni 437 (FT holo.). Fig. 62.
Tricalysia sennii Chiov. [family RUBIACEAE], (1932);. type: S3, “Saar Tumai”, Senni 437 (FT holo.). Fig. 62.
Information
Shrub, 1–3 m tall; stems whitish, puberulous when young. Leaf-blades elliptic to narrowly obovate, 1–6.5 x 0.5–2.9 cm, rounded and sometimes minutely apiculate at the apex, glabrous or puberulous; stipules 1–2 mm long. Calyx with limb-tube c. 1.2 mm long; lobes c. 0.8 mm long. Corolla white or tinged pink; tube 1.5–2 mm long; lobes c. 5 mm long. Fruit black, 5–6 mm in diam., glabrous. Seeds c. 4 mm long.
Range
S3
Altitude range
30–80 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam Hassan 4911; Gillett & al. 25067, 25288.
Distribution (external)
Kenya

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