Hydnora sinandevu Beentje & Q.Luke

Hydnoraceae, Henk Beentje & Quentin Luke. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2002

Morphology General Habit

Subterranean root parasite. Plant body (‘branch’) not fully known known, parts seen to 2 cm in diameter, warty in lines, warts to 4 mm across.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers remaining partially below ground and partially emerging; pedicel to 8 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth

Perianth coriaceous, 8–16 cm long; tube brown outside, reddish or pale pink inside, 5.3–9 cm long, 1.9–2.8 cm in diameter; lobes 4, emergent from ground, yellowish brown (outside?) to red or yellow inside, narrowly lanceolate, 2.7–6.5 cm long, 0.9–2.9 cm wide, not setose on margins, lobe tips 3.5–5 cm long and 2–2.2 cm wide, ?flat outside, the two inside facets glabrous, ?brown.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens inserted 22–50 mm above base of tube; anthers continuously joined at their bases in a series of inverted V-shapes forming a wavy ring 15–20 mm high with the top 46–73 mm above the flower base, this transversely striate and divided into numerous horizontal pollen sacs; pollen sticky, adhering to the anthers.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary

Ovary unilocular, subglobose, 15–30 mm (when dry) in diameter with numerous infolded patent placentas.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit not seen.

Figures

Fig. 3 (p. 6).

Habitat

In scattered tree grassland, Acacia – Commiphora bushland, thicket or forest margin between mangrove and forest, on Commiphora campestris or C. africana roots ( Luke et al .TPR677, 3033a), possibly on Pterocarpus or Ostryoderris (fide Verdcourt); 2–450 m

Distribution

K1 K7 T2 T3 T6 not known elsewhere