Hugonia planchonii
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugonia planchonii is a liana with bright yellow flowers that are short-lived and stems producing alternate hooks that is endemic to countries in Tropical West Africa but also occurs in Cameroon and Gabon.[1] It is within the Linaceae family.
| Hugonia planchonii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Linaceae |
| Genus: | Hugonia |
| Species: | H. planchonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hugonia planchonii | |
In traditional medicine, leaves are obtained to make a regimen to treat bronchitis or cough[2]
The species is a liana with brown stem that is hairy when young but glabrescent or with short hairs when matured, the stems have recurved hooks. Leaves are stalked and shiny; stipules are pubescent and 5–10 mm long,[3] petiole is 3–6 mm long; leaf-blade lanceolate to obovate, the species has inconspicuous domatia or sometimes are without the one, the leaf-blade is 5–16 cm long and 2–5 cm wide, surface is slightly coriaceous while the upper surface is glabrous, around the midrib to lower surface, it is glabrescent to pubescent.[3] Flowers are yellow and in axillary cymes; sepals are semi-erect, reddish and densely pubescent.[3]
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