TENNANTIA Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by D. Bridson & M. Thulin (Pavetta), J. Degreef & D. Bridson (Coptosperma), and M. Thulin (Agathisanthemum, Canthium, Carphalea, Catunaregam, Coffea, Conostomium, Diodia, Feretia, Galium, Gardenia, Heinsia, Kohautia, Lamprothamnus, Meyna, Oldenlandia, Oxyanthus, Pachystigma, Paederia, Pentanisia, Pentanopsis, Pentas, Pentodon, Plocama, Polysphaeria, Psychotria, Psydrax, Pyrostria, Rothmannia, Rubia, Rytigynia, Spermacoce, Tennantia, Tricalysia, Valantia, Vangueria, Wendlandia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TENNANTIA Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE], (1981)
Information
Shrubs with leaves and flowers on lateral short shoots. Stipules triangular. Flowers 5–6-merous, isostylous, in sessile few-flowered clusters, often produced when leaves are very young. Calyx with distinct limb-tube; lobes ovate. Corolla-tube very short; lobes oblong, contorted to the left in bud. Ovary 2-celled with 3(–4) ovules per cell; style club-shaped, winged. Fruit globose, crowned by the persistent funnel-shaped calyx-limb, c. 6-seeded. Seeds segment-shaped, with rounded back and notched at middle on inner straight margin.
Range
A single species in Somalia and Kenya.
TENNANTIA Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE]
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