Entry for Thunbergia usambarica Lindau [family ACANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 1, (1900) Author: (By I. H. Burkill and C. B. Clarke.)
Names
Thunbergia usambaricaLindau [family ACANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 89.
Information
Stem thin, almost glabrous, except at the nodes. Leaves ovate-cordate, acuminate, entire or almost so, with scattered white hairs on both sides, 3 in. long, 2 broad; petiole up to 9 lin. in length. Flowers solitary on peduncles about 1 1/2 in. long; bracteoles broadly lanceolate, 7 lin. long, reticulated, with white glandular hairs. Calyx very small, irregularly toothed. Corolla-tube broad, nearly 1 in. long; lobes blue, small. Stamens with a long mucro above and with short spurs to each lobe. Stigma funnel-shaped, triangular, barbellate. Unripe capsule with very short hairs and a long beak.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; upper part of Schi (Mshi?) Mountains, Holst, 213!
Notes
I have seen a leaf and a young fruit with its bracteoles. The rest of the description is quoted from Engler's Jahrbücher.
