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POLYSPHAERIA parvifolia Hiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
POLYSPHAERIA parvifolia Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], (1877). Fig. 54.
Information
Shrub or small tree; bark brown, peeling in long stripes; young stems glabrous or shortly pubescent. Leaf-blades oblong to ovate or almost round, 0.5–9(–11) x 0.5–4.7 cm, subacute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate to rounded or cordate at the base, glabrous or pubescent, particularly beneath; petiole 3–5 mm long; stipules c. 2 mm long including tip. Flowers in dense clusters, not scented. Calyx c. 1 mm long, mostly pubescent with spreading hairs, with distinct triangular teeth. Corolla white; tube 3–4.5 mm long, usually densely pubescent with spreading hairs outside; lobes ovate, 1.5–2 mm long. Fruit globose, 7–10 mm in diam., red or orange-red, glabrous or almost so.
Range
S3
Altitude range
20–50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & al. 25082, 25302; Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam Hassan 4967.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Sudan
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 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
POLYSPHAERIA parvifolia Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], (1877). Fig. 54.
Information
Shrub or small tree; bark brown, peeling in long stripes; young stems glabrous or shortly pubescent. Leaf-blades oblong to ovate or almost round, 0.5–9(–11) x 0.5–4.7 cm, subacute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate to rounded or cordate at the base, glabrous or pubescent, particularly beneath; petiole 3–5 mm long; stipules c. 2 mm long including tip. Flowers in dense clusters, not scented. Calyx c. 1 mm long, mostly pubescent with spreading hairs, with distinct triangular teeth. Corolla white; tube 3–4.5 mm long, usually densely pubescent with spreading hairs outside; lobes ovate, 1.5–2 mm long. Fruit globose, 7–10 mm in diam., red or orange-red, glabrous or almost so.
Range
S3
Altitude range
20–50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & al. 25082, 25302; Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam Hassan 4967.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Sudan
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 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
POLYSPHAERIA parvifolia Hiern [family RUBIACEAE], (1877). Fig. 54.
Information
Shrub or small tree; bark brown, peeling in long stripes; young stems glabrous or shortly pubescent. Leaf-blades oblong to ovate or almost round, 0.5–9(–11) x 0.5–4.7 cm, subacute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate to rounded or cordate at the base, glabrous or pubescent, particularly beneath; petiole 3–5 mm long; stipules c. 2 mm long including tip. Flowers in dense clusters, not scented. Calyx c. 1 mm long, mostly pubescent with spreading hairs, with distinct triangular teeth. Corolla white; tube 3–4.5 mm long, usually densely pubescent with spreading hairs outside; lobes ovate, 1.5–2 mm long. Fruit globose, 7–10 mm in diam., red or orange-red, glabrous or almost so.
Range
S3
Altitude range
20–50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & al. 25082, 25302; Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam Hassan 4967.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Sudan
Kenya
Tanzania
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