< Back to the Object

Edit History
BENZONIA corymbosa Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
BENZONIA corymbosa Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], l. c. p. 114.
Information
Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, subcordate at the base, veiny, shining, glabrous, paler and glaucous beneath, the midrib and the younger leaves also above rusty-pilose and ciliate, 3 in. long; petiole 1/6 in. long, furrowed above, hirsute; stipules membranous, spongy at the base, glabrous. Peduncles about 1/2 in. long; pedicels bifid, corymbose, hirsute, less than 1/12 in. long. Calyx hirsute; teeth pilose-ciliate. Corolla-tube 1/8 in. long. Ovary closely girt by the calyx.
Distribution
Guinea Upper Guinea fide Schumacher.

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
BENZONIA corymbosa Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], l. c. p. 114.
Information
Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, subcordate at the base, veiny, shining, glabrous, paler and glaucous beneath, the midrib and the younger leaves also above rusty-pilose and ciliate, 3 in. long; petiole 1/6 in. long, furrowed above, hirsute; stipules membranous, spongy at the base, glabrous. Peduncles about 1/2 in. long; pedicels bifid, corymbose, hirsute, less than 1/12 in. long. Calyx hirsute; teeth pilose-ciliate. Corolla-tube 1/8 in. long. Ovary closely girt by the calyx.
Distribution
Guinea Upper Guinea fide Schumacher.

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
BENZONIA corymbosa Schum. [family RUBIACEAE], l. c. p. 114.
Information
Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, subcordate at the base, veiny, shining, glabrous, paler and glaucous beneath, the midrib and the younger leaves also above rusty-pilose and ciliate, 3 in. long; petiole 1/6 in. long, furrowed above, hirsute; stipules membranous, spongy at the base, glabrous. Peduncles about 1/2 in. long; pedicels bifid, corymbose, hirsute, less than 1/12 in. long. Calyx hirsute; teeth pilose-ciliate. Corolla-tube 1/8 in. long. Ovary closely girt by the calyx.
Distribution
Guinea Upper Guinea fide Schumacher.
BENZONIA corymbosa Schum. [family RUBIACEAE]
PDF

Related Materials