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Waltheria indica - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Waltheria indica - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Waltheria indica - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Waltheria indica - Inflorescences - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescences; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Waltheria indica - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Waltheria indica - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Waltheria indica - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 965
Date of entry: 27.10.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Boater bush

Mandarin: 蛇婆子 (she po zi)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malvales (81)

        Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)

          Genus: Waltheria (2)

            Epithet: indica L. (15)

Synonym: Waltheria africana K. Schum.

africana => of African origin

indica => from or referring in some way to India

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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