Currently Accepted Name: | Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. |
Locality: | Kenya. Kwale District; 12 mi. S of Mombasa. -4º -4’ 0” S 39º 40’ 0” E |
Description: | Small shrub to 2 ft.; succulent; foliage yellow-green, stems yellow-brown; corolla unilateral yellow-brown outside limb white tube with yellowish hairs inside; margins of "tube" dark, style green, stigma whitish; young fruit yellow-brown later black. |
Habitat: | On sand above high tide mark- Cocos, Hyphaene, Guettarda, Phyllanthus, Psychotria, Trianiolepis, Ipomoea pesecapae, Grewis glandulosa, Celubrina, Cordia subcordata, Sideroxylon, Thespesia populnea, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Cordia somaliensis Ehretis, Canavalia, Cleome, Cassytha, Eragrestia, Tridax, Asystasia, Phyllanthus, Twiga, on brown sandy soil. |