Mostuea brunonis Didr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gelsemiaceae > Mostuea

Characteristics

Sepals connate at the base up to half their length, equal or unequal, ovate, ovate–lanceolate, or ovate–linear (the first two forms and the last two usually together in a single flower!), 1·5–6 x as long as wide, 1–4(5) x 0·3–1 mm., acute to subulate at the apex, hairy or glabrous outside, usually longer than the ovary.
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Stamens included or in long staminate Howers slightly exserted; filaments usually pubescent, those of short stamens often widened near the anther when young, inserted at about one–third from the base of the corolla tube; anthers 0·07–1·2 x 0·6–1 mm.
Leaf blade dull when dry, extremely variable in shape and size, 1·2–6 x as long as wide, variously hairy or glabrous, beneath often with domatia in the angles of some secondary veins.
Ovary about 1·2–2 x as long as wide, 1–1·5 x 0·6–1·2 mm., glabrous or appressed–pubescent near the apex (varying independently from the indumentum and the shape of the sepals).
Peduncle, branches, and pedicels short or long, densely appressed–pubescent to glabrous, sometimes slightly strigillose, all more or less independently variable.
Capsule mostly medium to dark brown when dry, usually bilobed, glabrous or hairy, dull.
Shrub, undershrub, or occasionally liana, 0·30–7 m. high, usually much branched.
Bracts very small, triangular, approximately sepal–like.
Stems erect or overhanging, with spreading branches.
Twigs near the apex variously hairy or glabrous.
Corolla mostly white with a yellow base.
Extremely variable shrub, 1-23 ft. high
Sepals ovate to ovate-linear
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 5.0
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Environment

Gallery or rainforest, also in secondary forest, often in wet places or along river banks, at elevations from sea-level up to 2,000 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal social use
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Mostuea brunonis world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:546740-1
WFO ID wfo-0000378006
COL ID 44G7N
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Synonyms

Mostuea walleri Mostuea brunonis Mostuea fuchsiifolia Leptocladus thomsonii Mostuea thomsonii Mostuea madagascarica Mostuea pervilleana Mostuea buchholzii Mostuea schumanniana Mostuea orientalis Mostuea zenkeri Mostuea grandiflora Mostuea penduliflora Mostuea densiflora Mostuea ulugurensis Mostuea dinklagei Mostuea erythrophylla Mostuea camporum Mostuea lundensis Mostuea lujae Mostuea duchesnei Mostuea gilletii Mostuea angustifolia Mostuea longipetiolata Mostuea vankerckhoveni Mostuea megaphylla Mostuea gracilipes Mostuea gossweileri Mostuea lujaei Mostuea buchholzii var. angustifolia Mostuea brunonis var. brunonis