Heinsia crinita
crinita
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Kasombosombo
Jan 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kasombosombo
Jan 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kasombosombo
Jan 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham
Fruits
Katanga Province, DRC
Jan 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
Fruits
Katanga Province, DRC
Jan 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Oct 2007
Photo: Jos Stevens
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| Synonyms: |
Gardenia jasminiflora (DC.) D.Dietr. Gardenia pulchella G.Don Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G.Taylor var. scitula N.Hallé Heinsia crinita (Afzel.) G.Taylor var. splendida N.Hallé Heinsia jasminiflora DC. Heinsia pubescens Klotzsch Heinsia pulchella K.Schum. Heinsia splendida A.Chev. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, elliptic to ovate, hairless except for some hairs on the midrib and small domatia below. Flowers sweetly scented; terminal, solitary or in few-flowered clusters, white with a yellow fringe of hairs in the throat; corolla tube long and narrow. Fruit ellipsoid, with a crown of persistent, leaf-like calyx lobes, orange when ripe. |
| Type location: |
Sierra Leone |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | Crinitus : having tufts of long weak hairs |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cabinda, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Zambia and Angola. |
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| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 24 May 2025 |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Page 439. |
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