Hugonia planchonii

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Hugonia planchonii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Linaceae
Genus: Hugonia
Species:
H. planchonii
Binomial name
Hugonia planchonii

Hugonia planchonii is a liana with bright yellow flowers that are short-lived and stems producing alternate hooks that is endemic to countries in Tropical West Africa but also occurs in Cameroon and Gabon. [1] It is within the Linaceae family.

In traditional medicine, leaves are obtained to make a regimen to treat bronchitis or cough [2]

Description

The species is a liana with brown stem that is hairy when young but glabrescent or with short hairs when matured, the stems have recurved hooks. Leaves are stalked and shiny; stipules are pubescent and 5–10 mm long, [3] petiole is 3–6 mm long; leaf-blade lanceolate to obovate, the species has inconspicuous domatia or sometimes are without the one, the leaf-blade is 5–16 cm long and 2–5 cm wide, surface is slightly coriaceous while the upper surface is glabrous, around the midrib to lower surface, it is glabrescent to pubescent. [3] Flowers are yellow and in axillary cymes; sepals are semi-erect, reddish and densely pubescent. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hugonia planchonii Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  2. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC world dictionary of medicinal and poisonous plants : common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. Boca Raton. p. 2012. ISBN   978-0-429-17148-2. OCLC   874163087.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "Hugonia planchonii | Flore du Gabon". portal.cybertaxonomy.org. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
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