Rubiaceae Malanea macrophylla Bartling ex Griseb,

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Midrib
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Leaf
• Plant parts
• Midrib upper surface

Places where this species can be found :

• Grand Etang - GRENADA
• Mount Qua Qua - GRENADA
• Cable & Wireless Mast - GRENADA
• Mt. St. Catherine - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Straggling or climbing shrub; stipules c. 1cm, soo falling, hairy at base; blades ovate or elliptic, up to 12cm, rounded or acute at base and apex, rather leathery. Hairy on veins, with stiff hairs lying flat on surface. Terminal panicles; corlla tube 4mm pale yellow, densely hairy in throat; 4-lobed; Ft cylindric, 13 x 4mm, 1-seeded, blue-black with stone grooved

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, D.Jules, S.Filbert, I. Mawuto

Specimen Number
1351

Location
Forest in Mt. Hope region, in foothills and ridges leading to Mt. St. Catherines. (Altitude given is max. for mt.)

Notes
4m tree with smooth, but slightly sinewy bark/stem. Large round-tipped stipules. In ridge-top thicket. Slask fibrous, pinkish.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.080000 N   Longitude: 0.0 E   Altitude: 840