Strophanthus welwitschii (Baill.) K.Schum.

Seed sample front, many plamts %rowing
on roadside between Muss end© and Silva
Porto*
the upjohn-penick expedition
FOR
BOTANICAL EXPLORATION
name Strophanthus Welwitschii
1st native name S* ecaudatus?;
r l°cauty Angela • Calossinga, on road
between Mussende and Silva Porto,
L- J- BRASS AND E. F. WOODWARD No 20943
date April 14, 1950 ai r 5400 ft*
U
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Frequent locally in woodlands on sandy
soil. Varying in habit from a shrub
| with single stem less than 2 m tall to
a small bushy-topped tree 4-6 m tall,
| & not infrequently a twining liana
climbing to the tops oilBshe woodland
trees (6-8 m). Sap of Jgwer stem & of
roots milky. Flowers borne on long
curving shoots which have much smaller
leaves than the sterile' - branches *fl
iDaside of, Corolla tube pale yellow*
¿trijjed witjfe rose-terple W^pw the
i^se^^ii^^%fe^^|^ai%is^'':!!Otif‘side of
corojjLa	^b^ve, wh±t0
below	> ' w:
wla&te |p>d^e^ha3^ %hiJe & "red be-
loir5i;r';??^y,icXes' divaricate' 'at approx#
right? Angles, slightly inflexed or^re-
i fa.#®i
I qi.te r
#20943 continued. "Jwt
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
"04190758
Strophanthus ucltdibch/ f ) k. Sckfim.
HERBARIUM OF THE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Africa
No. Brass and Woodward £0945
Stophanthus Welwitschii
Angola; Apr. 14, 1950.
det. H. J. Beentje
Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
04190758