Melastomataceae

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Cameroon

• State/Province

  Centre

• Locality

  Yaoundé

• Coordinates

  3.87, 11.52

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

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249
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EX NATIONAAL HERBARIUM NEDERLAND
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY BRANCH (WAG)
Collected by: E. Westphal
no. 9906
With: J.M.C. Westphal-Stevels
d.d.: 11 March 1978
Melastomataceae
BOTANICAL
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NEVy YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04965153""
CAMEROON, CENTRAL PROVINCE, Yaounde,
c. 3°52'N, U031'E
Herb, creeper, up to 80 cm long. Stems reddish to light green.
Leaves upperside green, underside grey-green with reddish
veins.
Calyx green, corolla bright violet. Stamens yellow. Pistil pale
yellowish. Outer stamens with a sickle-shaped appendix, red -
violit. Fruits green.
Uses: Medical plant, crushed leaves used as a medicine against
dysentery.
Bought on the Nkol Eton market, Yaounde.
04965153