Isotype of Randia submontanaK.Krause [family RUBIACEAE ] Rutidea smithii(K.Krause) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Rutidea welwitschii
Tarenna patens
Rutidea leucantha
Randia submontana
Webera unrecorded
Rutidea tomentosa
Rutidea albiflora
Rutidea lomamiensis
Tarenna congensis
Rutidea breviflora
Rutidea smithii
Common name
(Ala) ọkpagbe (NWT) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
ọsọn-igbo (Millson) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
lonto lembε-na (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, YALUNKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
baba (NWT) kbava (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
ε-bank-ε-bank (NWT) ε-lonto-ε-ro-kant (NWT) ε-mas (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
anitibe (NWT) dondo (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for RUTIDEA Smithii Hiern [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
RUTIDEA SmithiiHiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
Branches patent, smooth, terete, shortly pubescent towards the extremities, glabrescent. Leaves elliptical, acutely not abruptly subacuminate, narrowing towards an obtuse rounded or somewhat wedge-shaped base, chartaceous, glabrate above, paler and glabrate except the puberulous midrib and 8–10 pairs of slender lateral veins beneath, 3 1/2–5 1/2 by 1 1/2–2 1/4 in.; petiole 1/3– 1/2 in., puberulous; stipules entire, much apiculate from a short truncate base, altogether 1/5– 1/3 in. long, shorter than the petiole. Flowers pentamerous, subsessile, in clusters, forming brachiate terminal pyramidal leafy panicles; bracteoles subulate. Calyx-lobes ovate. Corolla-lobes glabrous or nearly so. Stigma fusiform. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit 1/5– 1/4 in. diameter. Cotyledons reflexed at the apex.
