Canarina eminii Asch. & Schweinf.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Canarina

Characteristics

Epiphytic or terrestrial usually glaucous herb.. Root thick, often with a corky surface layer.. Stems erect and scandent or pendent, up to several m. long, dichotomously branched, usually with a fine purplish mottling.. Petioles less than half the length of the leaf-blades, not coiled; leaf-blades ± triangular to ovate, 2.5–10 cm. long, 1.5–9 cm. wide, acute, with cordate to truncate base, obtusely to sharply dentate to doubly dentate or doubly serrate.. Hypanthium obconical, distinctly 6-ribbed, with the ribs projecting into the calyx-lobes.. Calyx-lobes 1.9–3.8 cm. long, 0.5–1 cm. wide, acute to acuminate, free, entire, erect or spreading.. Corolla 4.3–7.6 cm. long, funnel-shaped, orange to orange-red with darker venation.. Stamens with broad shield-like filament-bases; anthers 5.5–10 mm. long.. Seeds elliptic-oblong, 2.0–2.6 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm. wide, dark brown, finely striate.. Fig. 1.
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Petioles less than half the length of the leaf–laminas, not coiled; leaf–laminas 2·5–10 x 1·5–9 cm., ± triangular to ovate, acute with cordate to truncate base, obtusely to sharply dentate to doubly dentate or doubly serrate.
Stems erect and scandent or pendent, up to several m. long, dichotomously branched, usually with a fine purplish mottling.
Hypanthium obconical, distinctly 6–ribbed, with the ribs projecting into the calyx–lobes.
Calyx–lobes 1·8–3·8 x 0·5–1 cm., acute to acuminate, free, entire, erect or spreading.
Corolla 4·3–7·6 cm. long, funnel–shaped, orange to orange–red with darker venation.
Seeds 2·0–2·6 x 0·6–0·8 mm., elliptic–oblong, dark brown, finely striate.
Stamens with broad shield–like filament–bases; anthers 5·5–10 mm. long.
Epiphytic or terrestrial usually glaucous herb.
Root thick, often with a corky surface layer.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Canarina eminii world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:141370-1
WFO ID wfo-0000829410
COL ID QJDW
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Synonyms

Canarina elegantissima Canarina eminii Canarina eminii var. elgonensis