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Melhania acuminata Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 2, page 517, (1961) Author: H. Wild
Names
Melhania velutina [family STERCULIACEAE], sensu Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 2: 190 (1951) pro parte.
Melhania acuminata Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE], in Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 231 (1868). — K. Schum. in Engl. Mon. Afr. Pflanz. 5: 13 (1900). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 417 (1916). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 261 (1926). — Gomes e Sousa in Bol. Soc. Estud. Col. Moçamb. 32: 81(1936). Type: Mozambique, Sena, Kirk (K, holotype).
Information
Shrublet with the habit and general appearance of M. forbesii but differing as follows: herbaceous parts greyish-tomentose and not so markedly ferruginous-hairy on the stems and nerves; bracts of the epicalyx abruptly acuminate or even caudate at the apex and often noticeably cordate at the base; style from 0·7–1·1 cm. long rather than 0·1–0·3 cm. long; and seeds slightly rugose.
Melhania acuminata Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE]
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