Edit History
MELHANIA rotundata Hochst. ex Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
MELHANIA rotundata Hochst. ex Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE], (1868).
Information
Shrub or subshrub up to 1 m tall; young stems pubescent to tomentose. Leaves pubescent to tomentose; petiole 5–35 mm long; stipules 3–7 mm long; blade broadly ovate to orbicular, 15–65 x 13–65 mm, subacute to emarginate at the apex, with crenate to serrate margins. Flowers solitary or in 2–3-flowered pubescent to tomentose cymes; peduncle 15–75 mm long; pedicels up to 15 mm long; epicalyx bracts 10–20 x 3–7 mm, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, tomentose, recurved in fruit. Sepals 10–18 x 3–5 mm, tomentose. Petals 10–14(–18) mm long. Staminodes 6–9 mm long. Style 4–9 mm long. Capsule 8–13 mm long, ellipsoid, tomentose, with c. 4-seeded cells. Seeds c. 2 mm long, with scattered tubercles.
Range
N1; C2; S1, 3
Altitude range
50–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4992; Kazmi, Elmi & Rodol 661; Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6754.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
MELHANIA rotundata Hochst. ex Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE], (1868).
Information
Shrub or subshrub up to 1 m tall; young stems pubescent to tomentose. Leaves pubescent to tomentose; petiole 5–35 mm long; stipules 3–7 mm long; blade broadly ovate to orbicular, 15–65 x 13–65 mm, subacute to emarginate at the apex, with crenate to serrate margins. Flowers solitary or in 2–3-flowered pubescent to tomentose cymes; peduncle 15–75 mm long; pedicels up to 15 mm long; epicalyx bracts 10–20 x 3–7 mm, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, tomentose, recurved in fruit. Sepals 10–18 x 3–5 mm, tomentose. Petals 10–14(–18) mm long. Staminodes 6–9 mm long. Style 4–9 mm long. Capsule 8–13 mm long, ellipsoid, tomentose, with c. 4-seeded cells. Seeds c. 2 mm long, with scattered tubercles.
Range
N1; C2; S1, 3
Altitude range
50–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4992; Kazmi, Elmi & Rodol 661; Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6754.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
MELHANIA rotundata Hochst. ex Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE], (1868).
Information
Shrub or subshrub up to 1 m tall; young stems pubescent to tomentose. Leaves pubescent to tomentose; petiole 5–35 mm long; stipules 3–7 mm long; blade broadly ovate to orbicular, 15–65 x 13–65 mm, subacute to emarginate at the apex, with crenate to serrate margins. Flowers solitary or in 2–3-flowered pubescent to tomentose cymes; peduncle 15–75 mm long; pedicels up to 15 mm long; epicalyx bracts 10–20 x 3–7 mm, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, tomentose, recurved in fruit. Sepals 10–18 x 3–5 mm, tomentose. Petals 10–14(–18) mm long. Staminodes 6–9 mm long. Style 4–9 mm long. Capsule 8–13 mm long, ellipsoid, tomentose, with c. 4-seeded cells. Seeds c. 2 mm long, with scattered tubercles.
Range
N1; C2; S1, 3
Altitude range
50–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4992; Kazmi, Elmi & Rodol 661; Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6754.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
╳
We're sorry. You don't appear to have permission to access the item.
Full access to these resources typically requires affiliation with a partnering organization. (For example, researchers are often granted access through their affiliation with a university library.)
If you have an institutional affiliation that provides you access, try logging in via your institution
Have access with an individual account? Login here
If you would like to learn more about access options or believe you received this message in error, please contact us.