Mitracarpus verticillatus Vatke

  • Filed As

    Rubiaceae
    Mitracarpus verticillatus Vatke

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. S. Tanner 1235, 25 Feb 1953

  • Location

    Tanzania. Lake Province Nyanghomango Parish, Bukumbi Chiefdom, Mwanza District.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 5022775

    Occurrence ID: f5a00344-3fc2-4caf-b364-3008649b38a8

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Tanzania

  • Locality

    Lake Province Nyanghomango Parish, Bukumbi Chiefdom, Mwanza District

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1158 m. (3799 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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Determined at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
Tanner 1235
Vernacular name: Kisukuma:	Itama	lya	bagik
Ü«: Sukuma tribe:	Roots	eaten,	cooked
food also made into fine flour and used
directly to treat gonorrhoea.
Herbarium of the University of California
T A N G AN'YIKA, AFRICA
Lake Province
Mitracarpum verticillatum (Thonn.) Vatke
In cultivated area, on fine sand. Grow-
ing in groups, erect, with spreading
branches, to 1 foot high, sap colourless;
leaves dark green; flowers white, un-
pleasantly aromatic.
Altitude 3800 feet
Nyanghomango Parish, Bukumbi Chiefdom, Mwanza District
ft E. S, Tanner 1235	25	February 1953
05022775