JSTOR Global Plants Home
  • Home
  • Browse
  • About
  • Access
  • Account
    • Saved Items
    • Profile
  • Log in

Global Plants

Skip to Main Content
  • JSTOR Global Plants Home
  • Global Plants

    • Browse
    • About
    • Access
    • Account
      • Saved Items
      • Profile
Log in
  • Browse
  • About
  • Access
  • Account
    • Saved Items
    • Profile
Advanced Search

Compilation
Tylophora oblonga

3 Images see all

Type of Secamone conostyla S.Moore [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Tylophora cf. oblonga N.E.Br. from Cameroon
Tylophora cf. oblonga N.E.Br. from Cameroon
Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Tylophora oblonga N.E.Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ]
Related name
  • Tylophora oblonga

Flora

Entry for TYLOPHORA oblonga N. E. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
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 231, (1904) Author: (By N. E. Brown.)
Names
TYLOPHORA oblonga N. E. Br. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 257.
Information
A slender twiner, glabrous in all parts. Leaves spreading or somewhat deflexed; petiole 1/2– 3/4 in. long; blade 2 1/4–3 in. long, 1–1 3/4 in. broad, oblong to elliptic-obovate, shortly cuspidate-acuminate, rather broadly cuneate or cuneately rounded at the base. Inflorescence lateral or sublateral, consisting of a simple axis 2–3 in. long, bearing 3–4 distant sessile several-flowered racemes 1 1/2–3 lin. long scattered along it; pedicels 3–4 lin. long, slender. Sepals 2/3– 3/4 lin. long, ovate, acute, more or less slightly ciliolate. Corolla rotate, about 3 lin. in diam., white; lobes 1 1/3 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, oblong, obliquely produced on one side in the upper part, very broadly rounded and minutely fimbriate-laciniate on one side at the apex. Coronal-tubercles minute, spreading from the base of the 1/2 lin. long staminal-column, transverse, broadly rounded, fleshy, flattened above, very convex beneath, dark coloured in the dried state. Style truncate, with 5 decurved rays at its apex. Follicles 3 in. long, 1/2 in. thick, lanceolate, acuminate, winged on each side, smooth and glabrous. Seeds (unripe) elongate-ovate, winged, concavo-convex, minutely tuberculate on both sides.
Distribution
Fernando Po Upper Guinea Mann, 277!
Notes
By some error the diameter of the corolla as stated in my original description is too great.

Related Materials

  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Cookie Settings
  • Accessibility
  • Help
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
ITHAKA

JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.

©2000-2026 ITHAKA. All Rights Reserved. JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, JPASS®, Aluka®, and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA.

╳