Infructescence; Mpekweni, Eastern Cape, South Africa; 4/2022 © Jörn Germer
Flowers; Kigamboni, Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 7/2016 © Jörn Germer
Flower, view from above; Kigamboni, Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 7/2016 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; Kigamboni, Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 7/2016 © Jörn Germer
Ripe fruits; Kigamboni, Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 7/2016 © Jörn Germer
Infructescences; Kigamboni, Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 7/2016 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Kigamboni, Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 7/2016 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Mpekweni, Eastern Cape, South Africa; 4/2022 © Jörn Germer
Branch; Kigamboni, Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 7/2016 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Kigamboni, Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 7/2016 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Mpekweni, Eastern Cape, South Africa; 4/2022 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2520
Date of entry: 05.08.2016
Last update: 09.08.2023
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Asterales (223)
Family: Goodeniaceae (1)(family description)
Genus: Scaevola (1)
Epithet: plumieri (L.) Vahl (1)
Synonyms: Cerbera ovata Sieber, Lobelia americana Willd., Lobelia plumieri L.
americana => from America
ovata => oval, egg-shaped; elliptic, but broader at the base
plumieri => in honor of Charles Plumier (1646-1704), French botanist
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white