Tabernaemontana letestui (Pellegr.) Pichon

Collecteur(s) Wieringa J.J.
Numéro 686
Date de collecte 16/3/1990
Famille Apocynaceae
Taxon Tabernaemontana letestui (Pellegr.) Pichon
Déterminateur Leeuwenberg, 1992
Pays Gabon
Localité Tchimbélé
Station Crystal Mountains, 2 km SE of Tchimbélé.
Latitude/longitude 0.6 ; 10.41667
Altitude 640 m
Description Shrub, up to 1.10 m high. Leaves soft leathery, above glossy and dark green, beneath somewhat glossy and pale green. Stem and leaves with white latex. Calyx with small teeth, very pale green. Corolla tube ± 26 mm long, with a widepart at ca 5 mm from its base. Corolla lobes 5, 17 mm long. Lobes and tube contorted, white. Stamens 5, fused with tube for 5 mm, cream-yellow coloured. Style 1, 7 mm long, its top like a lampshade.
Habitat In primary forest.
Origine LBV
Dépôt LBV
Doubles BR,C,E,K,LBV,MO,PRE,WAG
Dépôt Code barre Phénologie Taxon Déterminateur Date
LBV LBV0000777 Tabernaemontana letestui (Pellegr.) Pichon Leeuwenberg 1992