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Vernonia stenostegia

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Name

Identification
Vernonia stenostegia (Stapf) Hutch.&Dalz. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Okafor, J. C., 1966
Related name
  • Vernonia shirensis
  • Vernonia stenostegia
  • Candidea stenostegia
Common name
  • cìkà fágeé probably applying to several plants (JMD; ZOG) domashi (JMD; ZOG) kùmbùrà fágeé (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • óríwò (Amayo) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ewúrò-ọ̀dàn = ewúro of the plain or grassy field (JMD) ewúrò-oko = ewúrò of the farm (auctt.) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Vernonia stenostegia (Stapf) Hutch. & Dalz. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Vernonia stenostegia (Stapf) Hutch. & Dalz. [family COMPOSITAE], F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 166 (1931).
Candidea stenostegia Stapf [family ], in BotMag149: t8981 (1923).
Information
A shrub 2-6 ft. high, sometimes leafless below; flower-heads 1-1 1/2 in. across with linear, velvety involucral bracts; florets pale bluish-purple.
Distribution
N. Nig.: Nassarawa Robins! Vom (Apr., Dec.)

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