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Malvaceae

Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae

Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae

Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae

Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae

Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae

Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae

Subfamily Malvoideae

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae

Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae

Clappertonia ficifolia (Willd.) Decne.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: bolo bolo
  • Family: Malvaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: tropical Africa
  • Habitat:

  • Description: [syn. Honckenya ficifolia Willd.]

    Shrubs, 6-9 feet tall; young branches, petioles and peduncles densely reddish-stellate; leaves oblong to ovate, to 6 inches long, lobes 3-7, rounded, serrate; sepals lanceolate-oblong, 1-1.5 inches long, with dark glandular tip, petals pinkish-mauve or white, longer than sepals, fertile stamens with large, elongate anthers, longer than sterile stamens, stigmas 4-8, purplish, reflexed; capsule about 2 inches long.

  • Uses: Furnishes a jute-like fiber.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199300378
  • Source: UWash. Arb.
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1993
  • Bench: 1201 - E Bench
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • SubFamily: Grewioideae
  • Tribe: Grewieae
  • SubTribe:
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