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Antopetitia abyssinica

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Name

Identification
Antopetitia abyssinica A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ORNITHOPUS coriandrinus Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
ORNITHOPUS coriandrinus Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 113. Field. et Gardn. Sert. Plant. i. 49.
Antopetitia abyssinica A. Rich. et Quart. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Dill. Dec. Pl. Abyss. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. ii. 14, 261, t. 15 fig. 1. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 209.
Information
Stems annual, erect, copiously branched from the base, branches slender, slightly pubescent. Leaves sessile; rachis about 1/2 in. long; leaflets 7–9, opposite or alternate, narrowly oblanceolate, 3/8– 1/2 in. long, 1/2– 3/4 line broad, slightly silky, rachis with two small glands at the base in place of stipules. Umbels 2–4-flowered, on glabrous erect peduncles which about equal the leaves. Pedicels equalling the calyx, which is a line deep, the teeth setaceous, reaching halfway down. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx. Pod 3/8– 1/2 in. long, slightly recurved, with 3–4 globose articulations separated by very narrow septa.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Quartin-Dillon.

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