Botanical Research
institute of Texas
RUBIACEAE
Crater spermum schweinfurthil Hiern?
Copper belt
Chingola: Chimfunshi Wildlife
Orphanage and Chimpanzee Sanctuary,
ca. 57 km NW of Chingola along Kafue
River. UTM Coordinates: 357812.995,
8633679.801.
12°20'00"S 027°30'00"E
Shrub ca. 1.5 min height with grey
bark with vertical fissures. Leaf
green ca. 3-5 cm in length. Turns
yellow with drying (stores aluminum?).
Collected 25 July 1996 near dambo.
Local name (Bemba) "mufish imeru".
IMAGED
05 APR 2022
Gail Renehan 14
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
Leaves used for coughing, seizures;
twigs chewed.
21 June-2 August 1996
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Gail Renehan 14
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
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