Strophanthus welwitschii (Baill.) K.Schum.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Strophanthus welwitschii (Baill.) K.Schum.

  • Collector(s)

    L. J. Brass 20922, 20 Mar 1950

  • Location

    Democratic Republic of the Congo. about 5 miles SSW of Ngidinga, Lower Congo.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4190765

    Occurrence ID: 845e2262-37ed-4f1b-9d1f-91a962a29f69

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Locality

    about 5 miles SSW of Ngidinga, Lower Congo

  • Elevation

    Alt. 671 m. (2201 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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SK^ame Strophanthus Welwitschii
¡§| native NAME NKIIiA-MFWENGI (Kikongo
K	language)
p| locality Belgian Congo: about 5 miles
E* SSW of Kgidinga, Lower Congo.
V L. J. BRASS AND E. F. WOODWARD No 20922_
S rrTF March 20, 1950	ca. 2200 ft
'f with yellowish-white and dark purple*
f Corolla lobes half white & half rose-
ji purple below, white above* Throat scales'
fcof corolla dark purple. Follicles
^divaricate at more or less right angles;!
,l slender or stout; purplish-green, purplii
^brown, or green and somewhat glaucous;
||0Lmost smooth to sparsely or copiously J
plotted with pale brown lenticells( see
photos) :* apex notched or rounded; largest
Jqf the immature follicles 19*5 cm long x
em in greatest diameter.
Herbarium: 3 flowering shoots from 3 J||
different plants; selection of follicles
to show variations*
THE UPJOHN-PENICK EXPEDITION
FOR
BOTANICAL IMPLORATION
Strophanthus iAwStSchi! (folu,,) kjchun.
det. H. J. Beentje
Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
HERBARIUM OF THE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Africa
No. Brass and Woodward 20922
Strophanthus Welwitschli
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Belgian Congo; Mr. 20, 1950,
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