Strophanthus welwitschii (Baill.) K.Schum.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Strophanthus welwitschii (Baill.) K.Schum.

  • Collector(s)

    L. J. Brass 20946, 22 Apr 1950

  • Location

    Democratic Republic of the Congo. near Munama railway station, 14 km south of Elizabethville.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4190776

    Occurrence ID: a9bd3adf-32d3-40ba-b9f2-682115d9ce66

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Locality

    near Munama railway station, 14 km south of Elizabethville

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1280 m. (4199 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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BOTANICAL GARDEN
THE UPJOHN-PENICK EXPEDITION
BOTANICAL EXPLORATION
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^§»iAME Strophanthus Welwitschii forma
gaSH Native name
pP^5[| locality Belgian Congo: near Munama
railway station, 14 1cm south of
iElizabethville.	?oq aa
gg L. J. BRASS AND E. F. WOODWARD No---
jfpf n.rr April 22. 1950 ALT, oa, 4200 ft.
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^^gommon on cleared edges of railroad &
motor road in grassy woodland disturb-
iS^g^d by former cultivation, on deep red
Staleniferous small shrub forming
L^^^Jumps, and, where the soil is loose,
5Ȥ^lveloping many underground stems.^oung
*"vv^bfanches sub4fe*e£b to height of ca. 1 m.
^IRSider branches reclining & up to ca.
m long. Leaves much paler below ^..n,
above; margins somewhat crinkled.-
lower buds (1 seen) dark purple-red*
¿immature follicles divaricate, somewhat
jrSSRnflexed or reflexed, subcylindric.
2 herbarium specimens
Strophanthus Utclwihd*!,'	k MlUh
det. H. J. Beentje
Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
HERBARIUM OF THE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Africa
Brass and Woodward 20946
Strophanthus Welwitschii
Belgian Congo; Apr. 22, 1950.
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