Tetracera obtusataPlanch. ex Oliv. [family DILLENIACEAE ] Tetracera potatoriaAfzel ex G.Don [family DILLENIACEAE ] (stored under name); Tetracera senegalensisDC. [family DILLENIACEAE ]
Related name
Tetracera affinis
Tetracera senegalensis
Tetracera eriantha
Tetracera potatoria
Tetracera obtusata
Flora
Entry for TETRACERA obtusata Planch. [family DILLENIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 11, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
TETRACERA obtusataPlanch. [family DILLENIACEAE], in Hb. Kew.
TETRACERA alnifoliaDC. [family DILLENIACEAE], Syst. Veg. i. 401 (non Willd.).
Information
Branches scabrous. Upper leaves obovate or elliptical, usually obtusely rounded and denticulate at the extremity, either narrowed into the petiole or rounded at the base, more or less scabrous and often with scattered hairs on the upper surface, the midrib and strong lateral nerves with appressed hairs beneath, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 1–1 1/2 in. broad; petiole 1/4– 1/2 in. long. Panicles with appressed hairs or glabrescent and scabrid. Pedicels shorter than or exceeding the lanceolate or ovate bracts, rarely over 3 lines, or flowers subsessile. Flowers 3–6 lines in diam. Sepals either nearly glabrous or with silky appressed hairs outside, silky within, usually ciliolate. Minute anther-cells usually distinctly separated by the apex of the connective, but variable. Ovaries glabrous or hairy.
Distribution
Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Don! and others.Senegambia Upper GuineaAbbeokuta Upper Guinea Irving!
