MalvaceaeSubfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae
Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae
Subfamily Helicteroideae
Tribe Durioneae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Clappertonia ficifolia (Willd.) Decne.
- 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 staminodes, 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: 3201 - Mist A - North Bench
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 12-13-2011
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Grewioideae
- Tribe: Grewieae
- SubTribe:
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