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ALAFIA landolphioides K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE]
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 4, Part 1, page 24, (1904) Author: (By Otto Stapf.)
Names
ALAFIA landolphioides K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 165. Cheval. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. vi. (1900), 423.
Nerium scandens Thonn. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Schum. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 148; A. DC. Prod. viii. 421.
Alafia scandens De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE], Notes Apocyn. Laticif. Congo 15 (in foot-note).
Information
A high climbing shrub, quite glabrous except the inflorescences; branches terete, black when dry. Leaves oblong, obovate-oblong or elliptic, obtusely acuminate, acute or rounded at the base, 3 1/2–5 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, rather thin, somewhat shining and very dark above when dry, olive-brown beneath; secondary nerves 9–11 on each side, straight; veins faint; petiole 2–5 lin. long. Corymbs up to 3 in. in diam., fulvo-velvety all over; peduncles generally very short, rarely up to 1 1/4 in. long; bracts minute, ovate, obtuse; pedicels 1–1 1/2 lin. long. Calyx puberulous, 1/2 lin. long; sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla white or pink with a scarlet throat, 2–2 1/2 in. long; tube densely hairy below the stamens, otherwise glabrous within; lobes broad-elliptic or obovate, 3–4 lin. long, villous near the base, slightly ciliate along the margin on the inner side. Staminal cone not quite reaching to the corolla-mouth, 1 1/2 lin. long. Carpels densely pubescent. Follicles glabrous, 9–12 in. long, 2–3 lin. in diam. Seeds 6–7 lin. long; coma 18–20 lin. long.
Distribution
Togo Upper Guinea Lome, Warnecke. 110! 3331!French Guinea Upper Guinea River Nunez, Heudelot, 626! 776!Gambia Upper Guinea Whitfield!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea near Kukuna?, Scott-Elliot, 4676! Talla Hills, at Ninia, Scott-Elliot, 4809! Bunce Island, Kirk, 5!Gold Coast Upper Guinea Brass! Aquapim, Thonning; Krepi, on the Volta River, Johnson, 561!Dahomey Upper Guinea Poisson!Lagos Upper Guinea Lagos Island, Barter, 20218! Millen, 173! Ebute Metta, Millen, 77! Abeokuta, Irving, 145! Ikirun, Millson, 6!Nigeria Upper Guinea Onitsa, Barter, 1326 partly!
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 4, Part 1, page 24, (1904) Author: (By Otto Stapf.)
Names
ALAFIA landolphioides K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 165. Cheval. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. vi. (1900), 423.
Nerium scandens Thonn. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Schum. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 148; A. DC. Prod. viii. 421.
Alafia scandens De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE], Notes Apocyn. Laticif. Congo 15 (in foot-note).
Information
A high climbing shrub, quite glabrous except the inflorescences; branches terete, black when dry. Leaves oblong, obovate-oblong or elliptic, obtusely acuminate, acute or rounded at the base, 3 1/2–5 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, rather thin, somewhat shining and very dark above when dry, olive-brown beneath; secondary nerves 9–11 on each side, straight; veins faint; petiole 2–5 lin. long. Corymbs up to 3 in. in diam., fulvo-velvety all over; peduncles generally very short, rarely up to 1 1/4 in. long; bracts minute, ovate, obtuse; pedicels 1–1 1/2 lin. long. Calyx puberulous, 1/2 lin. long; sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla white or pink with a scarlet throat, 2–2 1/2 in. long; tube densely hairy below the stamens, otherwise glabrous within; lobes broad-elliptic or obovate, 3–4 lin. long, villous near the base, slightly ciliate along the margin on the inner side. Staminal cone not quite reaching to the corolla-mouth, 1 1/2 lin. long. Carpels densely pubescent. Follicles glabrous, 9–12 in. long, 2–3 lin. in diam. Seeds 6–7 lin. long; coma 18–20 lin. long.
Distribution
Togo Upper Guinea Lome, Warnecke. 110! 3331!French Guinea Upper Guinea River Nunez, Heudelot, 626! 776!Gambia Upper Guinea Whitfield!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea near Kukuna?, Scott-Elliot, 4676! Talla Hills, at Ninia, Scott-Elliot, 4809! Bunce Island, Kirk, 5!Gold Coast Upper Guinea Brass! Aquapim, Thonning; Krepi, on the Volta River, Johnson, 561!Dahomey Upper Guinea Poisson!Lagos Upper Guinea Lagos Island, Barter, 20218! Millen, 173! Ebute Metta, Millen, 77! Abeokuta, Irving, 145! Ikirun, Millson, 6!Nigeria Upper Guinea Onitsa, Barter, 1326 partly!
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 4, Part 1, page 24, (1904) Author: (By Otto Stapf.)
Names
ALAFIA landolphioides K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 165. Cheval. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. vi. (1900), 423.
Nerium scandens Thonn. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Schum. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 148; A. DC. Prod. viii. 421.
Alafia scandens De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE], Notes Apocyn. Laticif. Congo 15 (in foot-note).
Information
A high climbing shrub, quite glabrous except the inflorescences; branches terete, black when dry. Leaves oblong, obovate-oblong or elliptic, obtusely acuminate, acute or rounded at the base, 3 1/2–5 1/2 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, rather thin, somewhat shining and very dark above when dry, olive-brown beneath; secondary nerves 9–11 on each side, straight; veins faint; petiole 2–5 lin. long. Corymbs up to 3 in. in diam., fulvo-velvety all over; peduncles generally very short, rarely up to 1 1/4 in. long; bracts minute, ovate, obtuse; pedicels 1–1 1/2 lin. long. Calyx puberulous, 1/2 lin. long; sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla white or pink with a scarlet throat, 2–2 1/2 in. long; tube densely hairy below the stamens, otherwise glabrous within; lobes broad-elliptic or obovate, 3–4 lin. long, villous near the base, slightly ciliate along the margin on the inner side. Staminal cone not quite reaching to the corolla-mouth, 1 1/2 lin. long. Carpels densely pubescent. Follicles glabrous, 9–12 in. long, 2–3 lin. in diam. Seeds 6–7 lin. long; coma 18–20 lin. long.
Distribution
Togo Upper Guinea Lome, Warnecke. 110! 3331!French Guinea Upper Guinea River Nunez, Heudelot, 626! 776!Gambia Upper Guinea Whitfield!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea near Kukuna?, Scott-Elliot, 4676! Talla Hills, at Ninia, Scott-Elliot, 4809! Bunce Island, Kirk, 5!Gold Coast Upper Guinea Brass! Aquapim, Thonning; Krepi, on the Volta River, Johnson, 561!Dahomey Upper Guinea Poisson!Lagos Upper Guinea Lagos Island, Barter, 20218! Millen, 173! Ebute Metta, Millen, 77! Abeokuta, Irving, 145! Ikirun, Millson, 6!Nigeria Upper Guinea Onitsa, Barter, 1326 partly!
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