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Wissadula amplissima - Flower - Click to enlarge!

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

Wissadula amplissima - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

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

Wissadula amplissima - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

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

Wissadula amplissima - Habit - Click to enlarge!

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

Dataset

Identifier: 1010
Date of entry: 09.02.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Big Yellow Velvetleaf

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malvales (81)

        Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)

          Genus: Wissadula (1)

            Epithet: amplissima (L.) R.E. Fries (1)

amplissima => very big, very wide

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb, shrub

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Wissadula amplissima at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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