Berkheya decurrens (Thunb.) Willd.
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Filed As
Asteraceae
Berkheya decurrens (Thunb.) Willd. -
Collector(s)
R. E. S. Tanner 1407, 20 Apr 1953
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Location
Tanzania. Lake Province Mabale Parish, Mbarika Chiefdom, Mwanza District.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 04991643
Occurrence ID: 487eed8d-a62b-4bec-91be-4d88f0c3014a
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Asterales
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Family
Asteraceae
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All Determinations
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Region
Africa
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Country
Tanzania
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Locality
Lake Province Mabale Parish, Mbarika Chiefdom, Mwanza District
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Elevation
Alt. 1158 m. (3799 ft.)
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Location Notes
[Africa]
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Distribution
Tanner ll*0? Vernacular name: Uses: Sukuma tribe: Roots pounded, taken with water to treat diarrhoea. GARW ^.YOTI>( BOTANICAL GARDEN 04991643 Determined at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England Herbarium of the University of California TANGANYIKA, AFRICA Lake Province Berkheya echinopsoides Bak. On heavy black fissuring clay. Growing in clusters, stems erect, to 3 feet tall, sap colourless5 leaves thorny with silver under-surface| flowers lime-white, aromat- ic. Altitude 3800 feet Mabale Parish, Mbarika CKiefdom, Mwanza District R. E. S. Tanner 11*07 20 April 19^3 04991643
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Berkheya decurrens (Thunb.) Willd.