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(Last Modified On 4/4/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/4/2013)
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Ocimum micranthum Willd.
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Enum. Hort. Berol. 630, 1809.-Fig. 12.
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Description
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Herbs, annuals, erect to 1 m, the branches cymose-divaricate, glabrous. Leaves rhomboid, obovate or ovate, acute, serrate, the bases attenuate, to 7.5 cm long and 3.5(-5 in the type) cm wide, resin-dotted, ? glabrous to lightly pubescent on the veins; petioles to 4 cm long. Inflorescences verticils, each ca 6-flowered, 0.5-1.5 cm distant, the false raceme to 15 cm long, bract leaf-like, ca 4-6 mm long. Flowers with pedicels ca 4-5 mm long, pubescent; calyx 7-9 mm long at maturity, membranaceous, pubescent on the veins, the upper lobed rounded, 3-veined, margins decurrent on the calyx tube to its base, the lower ca 6-8-veined, teeth upwardly curved; corolla tubular, ca -3-4 mm long, the upper 4-lobed, the lower entire; filaments naked, the anthers ca 0.5 mm long; ovary 4-lobed, gyno- base ? unlobed, the style slender, ca 3-4 mm long, the branches unequal. Nutlets (3-)4, ca 1.7-2.0 mm long, the pericarp dark brown, minutely warty.
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Herbs
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Distribution
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Widely distributed in the American tropics.
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Old Bank I, von Wedel 1865 (MO); Colon I, von Wedel 2838 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Miraflores Lake, White 199 (MO). DARIEN: Yaviza, along Quebrada Uvital off Rio Chucunaque, Duke 4999 (MO); Campamento Buena Vista, Stern et al. 814 (MO). HERRERA: Pese, Allen 803 (MO); Ocui, Allen 4090 (MO). LOS SANTOS: 3 mi S of Carreta, Burch et al. 1249 (MO). PANAMA: sabanas nr Chepo, Hunter & Allen 68 (MO). SAN BLAS: Mulatuppu, Duke 8481 (MO), 8522 (MO); Pino I, Elias 1719 (MO); mainland opposite Ailigandi, Lewis et al. 74 (MO).
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