Home Flora of Pakistan
Tropicos Names Specimens References Projects Images
Home
Name Search
Families
Genera
Species
District Map
Grid Map
Inventory Project
Pentatropis capensis (L. f.) Bullock Search in The Plant ListSearch in IPNISearch in Australian Plant Name IndexSearch in NYBG Virtual HerbariumSearch in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleSearch in Type Specimen Register of the U.S. National HerbariumSearch in Virtual Herbaria AustriaSearch in JSTOR Plant ScienceSearch in SEINetSearch in African Plants Database at Geneva Botanical GardenAfrican Plants, Senckenberg Photo GallerySearch in Flora do Brasil 2020Search in Reflora - Virtual HerbariumSearch in Living Collections Decrease font Increase font Restore font
 

Published In: Kew Bulletin 10: 284. 1955. (Kew Bull.) Name publication detail
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Contributor Text: S.I. ALI
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: October-December.
Type: Type: Koenig in Herb. Linn. 308/8 (LINN).
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (?), northeastern and peninsular India, Ceylon.
Comment/Acknowledgements: Despite the epithet the specimen does not grow in Southern Africa.
Map Location: Reported from N. Waziristan by Rechinger (l.c.) but this record needs confirmation.

 

Export To PDF Export To Word
Twining perennial herb. Leaves 1-3.5 x 0.5-2.5 cm, broadly oblong or ovate elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, base rounded or cordate. Petiole 4-7 mm long. Peduncle up to 2 mm long. Pedicel 1.2-13 cm long. Calyx lobes c. 1.5 mm long. Corolla almost divided to the base, lobes 3.5-6 mm long. Corona lobes 2-2.5 mm long. Follicles 3.7-6.8 cm long. Seeds 6 x 3 mm, ovate, tip truncate slightly crenulate at the base. Coma 1.2-2 cm long.
 
 
 
© 2024 Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344 Shaw Boulevard - Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
 Send feedback|Terms Of Use|API|Linking to Tropicos|FAQ|Additional Info