- Family:
- Araceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Culcasia P.Beauv.
Culcasia parviflora N.E.Br.
[FWTA]
Araceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968
- Ecology
- Slender climber in forest
- Morphology Leaves
- Cordate leaves of variable size
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Spathe
- Spathe pale yellow-green
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Berries scarlet.
[CATE]
CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org
- Habitat
- Forest zones, in shaded humid understorey of plains or damaged ground.
- General Description
- Plant climbing with slender stem, 1-2 mm diam., 1-2 mm diam. often branched, reaching 1-10 m above ground, generally bearing leaves directed towards the base, and flattened against the bark of the support; Internodes distant 1-7 cm; Anchor roots small 1-4 cm, ± numerous. LEAVES: Petiole canaliculate, 2-3 (-5) cm, sheathed more than halfway or almost the entire length, sheath spreading to expanded wings; Blade 2-15 (-21) x 1.2-4.5 (-8) cm, lanceolate or cordiform, very often bent back and pressed against the petiole, base cordate, sometimes subtruncate, apex curved in a scythe shape, acute or obtuse, mucronate; 2-3 pairs distinct primary veins, curved ascending, the upper ones uniting with the secondary veins on either side of the main vein into collective vein; Black, translucent glandular dashes in the parenchyma, numerous in a fresh state, ± visible when dry; presence of circular excressences, greyish, scattered here and there on the lower surface of the blade. INFLORESCENCES formed of 1-4 terminal spadices, rarely axillary; Peduncles short, curved, 0.5-3 cm (-6 cm in fruit); Spathe yellowish green, 1.2-2.5 cm; spadix with short stipe, 5 mm; Male flowers white; Female flowers white cream. INFRUCTESCENCES: Berries ovoid, 5-6 mm, red.
- Distribution
- From Guinea to Congo and Bas-Zaire; Common in Gabon and Cameroon where the species occurs in evergreen forst (Nkongsamba, Kumba, Limbe, Kribi/ Eséka, Yaoundé).
Native to:
Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre
Culcasia parviflora N.E.Br. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2019 | Cheek, M. [11246], Cameroon | K000339220 | No | ||
| Jul 19, 2010 | Tchouto [980], Cameroon | K000381284 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Kenfack, D. [244], Cameroon | K000107787 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Cable, S. [3573], Cameroon | K000107801 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Sidwell, K. [381], Cameroon | K000107695 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Cable, S. [3850], Cameroon | K000107794 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Cable, S. [3663], Cameroon | K000107803 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Etuge, M. [1907], Cameroon | K000107789 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Cable, S. [2603], Cameroon | K000107800 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Etuge, M. [2777], Cameroon | K000107784 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Etuge, M. [1959], Cameroon | K000107788 | No | ||
| Jun 1, 2001 | Biye, E. [15], Cameroon | K000107683 | No | ||
| Apr 1, 1996 | Cheek, M. [7675], Cameroon | K000107776 | No | ||
| Apr 1, 1996 | Cheek, M. [7660], Cameroon | K000107778 | No | ||
| Apr 1, 1996 | Cheek, M. [7456], Cameroon | K000107777 | No | ||
| Nov 1, 1995 | Cheek, M. [7158], Cameroon | K000107775 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Watts, J. [1023], Cameroon | K000510791 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Watts, J. [747], Cameroon | K000510795 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Wheatley, J.I. [819], Cameroon | K000510796 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Thomas, D.W. [9774], Cameroon | K000510816 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Kwangue, A. [143], Cameroon | K000510797 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | von Rege, I. [15], Cameroon | K000510818 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Cheek, M. [5057], Cameroon | K000510814 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Watts, J. [808], Cameroon | K000510788 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Cheek, M. [5903], Cameroon | K000510807 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Cheek, M. [5161], Cameroon | K000510809 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Cable, S. [408], Cameroon | K000510805 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Cable, S. [202], Cameroon | K000510811 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Watts, J. [1022], Cameroon | K000510792 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Watts, J. [726], Cameroon | K000510775 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Cheek, M. [5703], Cameroon | K000510812 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Cheek, M. [5090], Cameroon | K000510817 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Wheatley, J.I. [819], Cameroon | K000510794 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Akogo, M. [25], Cameroon | K000510790 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Acworth, J.M. [317], Cameroon | K000510808 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Cheek, M. [5480], Cameroon | K000510801 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | von Rege, I. [100], Cameroon | K000510819 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Mbani, J. M. [163], Cameroon | K000510786 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Cheek, M. [5882], Cameroon | K000510810 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Kwangue, A. [49], Cameroon | K000510799 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Baker, W.J. [210], Cameroon | K000510806 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Khayota, B. [470], Cameroon | K000510793 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1995 | Thomas, D.W. [9762], Cameroon | K000510787 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Fraser, J. [363], Cameroon | K000510813 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Tekwe, C. [82], Cameroon | K000510800 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Sidwell, K. [108], Cameroon | K000510798 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Pouakouyou, D. [65], Cameroon | K000510815 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Watts, J. [497], Cameroon | K000510803 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Watts, J. [479], Cameroon | K000510804 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1994 | Wheatley, J.I. [494], Cameroon | K000510802 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1992 | Sunderland, T.C.H. [1459], Cameroon | K000510774 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 1992 | Wheatley, J.I. [273], Cameroon | K000510789 | No | ||
| Mann [105], Equatorial Guinea | K000345906 | Yes | |||
| Mann [105], Equatorial Guinea | K000345905 | Yes | |||
| Fraser, J. [421], Cameroon | K000510820 | No | |||
| Mann [s.n.], Equatorial Guinea | K000345907 | Yes |
First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 176 (1901)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 23B: 299.
- in F.T.A. 8: 176 (1901)
CATE Araceae
- Ntépé-Nyame, C. 1988. 31. Aracées. Flore du Cameroun. 140 pp.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
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CATE Araceae
Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
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