Strophanthus amboensis (Schinz) Engl. & Pax

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BOTANICAL EXPLORATION
name "Strophanthus intermedius
native name
locality Angola: Pungo Andongo
L. J. BRASS AND E. F. WOODWARD No--2Q939
nATP April 10 « 1950 ai t 3000 ft
Common in open grassy areas, in patches
of low second growth rain forest, and
in brushy woodland close to the gigan-
tic gneissic rocks of the neighborhood.
Large shrub tending to be subscandent,
and in forest ascending to 6-8 m.
Specimens from a plant ?/hich had been
scorched by a grass fire, and bore
young leaves, a few flowers, and a
number of nearly ripe fruits which were
perhaps maturing prematurely« Corolla
tube dark purplish-red; lobes yellow,
falcate.
2 herbarium specimens
Strophanthus aw foewjfj	Pax
det. H. J. Beentje
Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
HERBARIUM OF THE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of fnca
No- Brass and Woodward 20939
Strophanthus intermedius
Angola ; Apr. 10, 1950.
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