Entry for TRIAINOLEPIS africana Hook. f. [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
TRIAINOLEPIS africanaHook. f. [family RUBIACEAE], in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 126.
Information
Much branched, young parts pubescent; branches reddish. Leaves ovate or nearly elliptical, acuminate or acute, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, puberulous above, appressedly pubescent beneath, 2 1/2–4 by 1–1 3/4 in., lateral veins about 10–12 pairs, slender; petiole 1/5– 3/5 in. long; stipules about 1/8 in. long, teeth filiform glabrous. Flowers 2/5 in. long; limb 3/8– 1/2 in. diameter.
