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Xeropetalum hirsutum

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Name

Identification
Dombeya torrida (J.F.Gmel.) Bamps [family STERCULIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Seyani, J. H., Xeropetalum hirsutum unrecorded [family STERCULIACEAE ] Dombeya schimperiana A.Rich. [family STERCULIACEAE ] Dombeya schimperiana A.Rich. [family STERCULIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Dombeya torrida
  • Dombeya schimperiana
  • Dombeya schimperana
  • Xeropetalum hirsutum

Flora

Entry for DOMBEYA Schimperiana Rich. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 214, (1868) Author: (by Dr. Maxwell T. Masters).
Names
DOMBEYA Schimperiana Rich. [family ], Fl. Abyss. i. 78.
Xeropetalum hirsutum Hochst. [family STERCULIACEAE], Pl. Schimp. Abyss.
Information
A tall tree. Leafstalks 3–5 in. long, covered with rufous spreading villi, as are also the disk and the prominent nerves of the leaf; blades 4–6 in. long, 3–4 in. wide, cordate, oblong, acuminate, dentate, palmately 5–9-nerved, downy on both surfaces. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate. Peduncles terminal and axillary, 1–2 in. long, much shorter than the petioles; pedicels numerous, umbellate, nearly as long as the peduncles. Bracts oval or oblong, acute, caducous. Flower-buds oblong-ovoid. Flowers large. Sepals lanceolate, reflexed. Petals longer than the sepals, broadly obovate, oblique, tapering at the base. Stamens united at the base for less than half their length. Style hairy at the base; stigmas included.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
A handsome species with large leaves, the disk of which at the junction with the petiole is marked with a patch of rufous hairs.

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