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Torenia thouarsii

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Name

Identification
Torenia parviflora Buch.-Ham. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Torenia thouarsii
  • Torenia parviflora
  • Torenia ramosissima
  • Nortenia thouarsii
Common name
  • ε-tank-ε-fune (NWT) ma-tong-bunka (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • kusukusunyi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • boma (NWT) fona (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ngele-glo = the driver-away of sores (FCD) tσnui (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • rẹ̀kùrẹ̀kù (Verger) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schlecht.) Kuntze [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2008) Author: S.A. GHAZANFAR, F.N. HEPPER & D. PHILCOX
Names
Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schlecht.) Kuntze [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Rev. Gen. P1. 2: 468 (1891); Hepper in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 363 (1963); Philcox in F.Z.: 8(2): 57, t. 22/A1–6 (1990); U.K.W.F.: 256 (1994); Fischer, F.A.C. Scrophulariaceae: 188, pl. 80 (1999); Hepper in F1. Masc. 129: 17 (2000). Lectotype: Madagascar, Thouars (B–W, holo., K!, photo), presumably chosen by W.G. D’Arcy in Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 66: 269 (1979)
Nortenia thouarsii Cham. & Schlecht. [family ], in Linnaea 3: 18 (1828)
Torenia parviflora Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Scroph. Ind.: 39 (1835); Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 278 (1884); Skan in F.T.A. 4(2): 35 (1906); Li in Taiwania 9: 4 (1963), nom. illegit. superfl. based on Nortenia thouarsii
Torenia ramosissima Vatke [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 25: 10 (1875). Type: Tanzania, Zanzibar, Hildebrandt 986 (K!, iso.)
Information
Slender branched, procumbent or weakly ascending herb, up to 40 cm, rooting at the nodes and sometimes along internodes; stems quadrangular, glabrous to ± pilose. Leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 10–35 mm long, 7–16 mm broad, rounded at base, ± acute at apex, margins crenate-serrate, sparsely pubescent, at least on the veins; petioles 4–9 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or a few together on a short leafless peduncle; bracteoles at the base of the pedicels linear, 2–5 mm long; pedicels 1.5–3 cm long, usually reflexing in fruit. Calyx slightly winged, at least in fruit, 5–6 mm long in flower, up to 10 mm long in fruit, with 2 short acute teeth on the upper lip and 3 on the lower. Corolla 9–10 mm long, white, variably suffused mauve or deep blue, sometimes with red spots in throat. Capsule oblong-ellipsoid, shorter than calyx, 7.5–9 mm long, ± 3 mm wide. Seeds pitted. Fig. 22: 1–6, p. 64.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 3, 7; T 1, 3, 4, 6–8; Z; P throughout much of lowland tropical Africa, Madagascar, Asia and America
Altitude range
0–1400 m
Distribution
KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Kitale, 12 Sept. 1956, Bogdan 4283!KENYA Kilifi District Arabuko, no date, Graham 1704!KENYA Kwale District SW of Kwale, 27 Aug. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4012!TANZANIA Tanga District Tanga, Jan. 1893, Volkens 21!TANZANIA Mpanda District Lubulungu, 23 Sept. 1958, Newbould & Jefford 2589!TANZANIA Songea District Kigonsera, 26 Dec. 1973, Mhoro 1794!TANZANIA Zanzibar Kidichi, 9 July 1960, Faulkner 2632!UGANDA West Nile District Maracha, 27 July 1953, Chancellor 64!UGANDA Busoga District Kibibi, 6 Feb. 1953, Wood 625!UGANDA Mengo District Kisubi, 9 Jan. 1969, Lye 116!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area. CONSERVATION Least Concern (LC); widespread

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