Melhania virescens
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Leaves
14 Dec 2008
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Dried flower
14 Dec 2008
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Underside of leaf
14 Dec 2008
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Top of leaf
14 Dec 2008
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Flower
21 Mar 2008
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Leaves
21 Mar 2008
| Family: | Sterculiaceae |
| Full name: | Melhania virescens (K.Schum.) K.Schum. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Melhania bolusii Burtt Davy Melhania griquensis Bolus - p.p. accepted by FTA Melhania griquensis Bolus var. virescens K.Schum. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Branching perennial up to 0.3 m tall and very like M. rehmannii, but the epicalyx bracts are always linear-subulate, never ovate. The grey indumentum also tends to be thinner on older leaves and they become glabrescent. (from JSTOR website) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
