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Aulacocalyx jasminiflora

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Identification
Aulacocalyx jasminiflora Hook.f. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Figueiredo,E., Randia andongensis Hiern [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Aulacocalyx laxiflora
  • Aulacocalyx jasminiflora
  • Randia dorothea
  • Randia andongensis
Common name
  • sanbrim (auctt.) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • play-je-nee (C; C&R) (LIBERIA, KRU-BASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • ogbondo (KO&S) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • amegben (Ross; KO&S) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • webiribi (E&A) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for AULACOCALYX jasminiflora Hook. f. [family RUBIACEAE]
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
AULACOCALYX jasminiflora Hook. f. [family RUBIACEAE], Ic. Pl. 1126 (1873).
Information
Height 15 feet. Branches rather pale, terete, glabrescent. Leaves elliptical, caudate-acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, ranging up to 4 1/2 by 1 7/8 in.; lateral veins 3–4 pairs, slender, depressed above; petiole about 1/8 in.; stipules 1/4 in. long, puberulous. Flowers about 1 in. long. Calyx 3/8 in. long; hairs pale golden. Bracteoles ovate or lanceolate, acute, imbricated, shorter than the calyx.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Mount John River, Kongui, lat. 1° N., Mann!

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