''Embelia rowlandii'' is a shrub belonging to the family Primulaceae. The species is a climber with a greyish bark that is usually covered in fine hairs and pale lenticels when younger.

Description

Leaves are obovate to elliptic in shape, they can reach 13 cm in length and 7 cm in width.

Inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

arranged in axillary racemes with whitish to creamy yellow flowers.

Distribution

Occurs in Tropical West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria and eastwards to the Central African Republic, it is found along streams in savannahs.

References

Primulaceae Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Taxa named by Ernest Friedrich Gilg {{Primulaceae-stub