Ammamia unrecordedunrecorded [family VAHLIACEAE ] Isotype of Vahlia menyharthiiSchinz [family VAHLIACEAE ] Vahlia digyna(Retz.) Kuntze [family VAHLIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bridson, D,
Related name
Vahlia viscosa
Oldenlandia digyna
Cyrilla viscosa
Vahlia sessiliflora
Vahlia weddenii
Halorhagis jerosioides
Vahlia menyharthii
Ammamia unrecorded
Vahlia digyna
Common name
toguerè probably intended to apply to the vegetation type generally (Davey) (MALI, DOGON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
Flora
Entry for VAHLIA digyna (Retz.) Kuntze [family VAHLIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Annual, 5–35 cm tall; stems covered with spreading crisped, often glandular, hairs. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–2.5(–4.8) x 0.2–0.6(–0.9) cm, acute at the apex, usually sparsely pubescent. Flowers sessile or subsessile. Calyx-tube 1.1–2 mm long, sparsely hairy; lobes 1.3–2 mm long. Petals yellow, 1–1.3(–1.6) mm long. Filaments with small hairy scale-like appendage at base; anthers 0.15–0.4 mm long. Styles 0.7–1.3 mm long, glabrous. Capsule 1.4–2.2 mm long. Seeds with indistinct longitudinal ridges.
