Strophanthus congoensis Franch.

No botanical uses.

THE UPJOHN-PENICK EXPEDITION
botanical exploration #20882
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Strophanthus	si*6-
I1TE-BIFUEL (Gumba language -
native name a generic name for all specie«
locality other than S.gratus) ;BIKANDI
(Pygmy language).
French Cameroun: about 5 miles SW of
L. J. BRASS AND E. F. WOODWARD No Djpjndi.
1 PATpr J&u. 1950 alt__1000 ft*
HHigh climbing (to over 100 ft.) liane,
¿much branched, but with stems up to only
¿?5-6 cm thick. Lower stem covered with
Jbrown, fissured, firm suberose bark. Sap
& of lower stem slightly milky; sap of
W branches and fruits not milky. Evergreen
v.or at least not showing any signs of be-
2 ing deciduous. Leaves dull dark green
1| above, much paler and whitish-mottled be-
low (as in S.sarmentosus); nerved slight-
'lyimpressed above, slightly raised below.
|Flowers not present on the single plant
,jseen. Follicles ripening; divergent (in
r|?paris) at aft angle of 150-155 deg.;green,
^plentifully dotted with small brown to
i^urplish-brown lenticells; the larger
-follicles about 18.5 to 20.5 cm long x
Bp*4 to 3*7 cm in greatest diameter, some-
"|twhat compressed laterally, distinctly 1-
jgrooved above and with a small depression
Mabove at the apex.
ff 4 Herbarium specimens (leaves & fruits)
If 57 follicles for seed sample.
NEW YORK BOTANIC ALGAROEN
04191638
Strophanthus
det. H. J. Beentje
Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
HERBARIUM OF THE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Africa"'
No- Brass and Woodward 20882
Strophanthus congoensis
French Cameroun; Jan. 14, 1950.
04191638