Berkheya decurrens (Thunb.) Willd.

  • Filed As

    Asteraceae
    Berkheya decurrens (Thunb.) Willd.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. S. Tanner 1407, 20 Apr 1953

  • Location

    Tanzania. Lake Province Mabale Parish, Mbarika Chiefdom, Mwanza District.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04991643

    Occurrence ID: 487eed8d-a62b-4bec-91be-4d88f0c3014a

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Tanzania

  • Locality

    Lake Province Mabale Parish, Mbarika Chiefdom, Mwanza District

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1158 m. (3799 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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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