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Trichodesma glabrescens

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Identification
Isotype of Trichodesma glabrescens Gurke [family BORAGINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Trichodesma physaloides (Fenzl) A.DC. [family BORAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Taton A., 1971
Related name
  • Trichodesma droogmansianum
  • Trichodesma physaloides
  • Trichodesma glabrescens

Flora

Entry for TRICHODESMA glabrescens Gürke [family BORAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 5, (1905) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
TRICHODESMA glabrescens Gürke [family BORAGINACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 389.
Information
Stems glabrous, 1 1/2–2 ft. long. Leaves sessile, broadly lanceolate or rarely oblong, 2–3 in. long, entire, acute or acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes with very long pedicels and linear bracts. Calyx glabrous; lobes broadly lanceolate, very acuminate, 8 lin. long. Corolla 2/3–1 in. long, white, with 5 long brown marks; lobes broadly deltoid, mucronate. Anthers 6 lin. long, villous on the back, with a long twisted tip.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kinga Mountains, 7000 ft., Goetze, 1267.

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