Tricalysia pallensHiern [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bridson,D., Tricalysia myrtifoliaS.Moore [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
Tricalysia ramosissima
Tricalysia pobeguinii
Tricalysia ligustrina
Tricalysia pallens
Randia unrecorded
Tricalysia okelensis
Tricalysia gabonica
Tricalysia strictiramea
Tricalysia dundensis
Tricalysia unrecorded
Tricalysia myrtifolia
Common name
otwinsun (auctt.) turom-dua (auctt.) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
boa wa wele (Har.) (LIBERIA, MANO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
ebákhuẹ perhaps a general name for lax or climbingshrubs (JMD; Elugbe) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for TRICALYSIA pallens Hiern [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
TRICALYSIA pallensHiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
Branchlets puberulous. Leaves elliptical, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, pallid, glabrescent, 3–4 1/2 by 1 1/4–2 in.; lateral veins about 5–6 pairs, very slender; petiole 1/6 in.; stipules very short, truncate, apiculate. Flowers subsessile, crowded in very short axillary clusters; bracteoles cup-shaped, shortly pubescent. Calyx turbinate, shortly pubescent, 1/12 in. long, truncate, obscurely toothed. Corolla 1/6– 1/5 in. long, funnel-shaped, shortly pubescent outside except the tube; throat bearded; lobes 5–6, obtuse. Anthers obtuse; filaments of moderate length. Style hairy. Ovules 2 together.
