Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher

Carex appropinquata, known as fibrous tussock-sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges.

Piper guineense is a West African species of Piper; the spice derived from its dried fruit is known as Ashanti pepper, Benin pepper, Edo pepper, false cubeb, Guinea cubeb, and called locally kale, kukauabe, masoro, etiñkeni, sasema, soro wisa, eyendo, eshasha by the Urhobo people, iyere or ata-iyere by the Yoruba and oziza and uziza by the Igbo people of Nigeria. It is a close relative of cubeb pepper and a relative of black pepper and long pepper. Unlike cubeb, which is large and spherical in shape, Ashanti pepper grains are prolate spheroids, smaller and smoother than cubeb pepper in

Mussaenda erythrophylla, commonly known as Ashanti blood, red flag bush and tropical dogwood, is an evergreen West African shrub. The bracts of the shrub may have different shades, including red, rose, white, pale pink or some mixtures. Mussaenda erythrophylla grows best in warmly temperate or subtropical areas and is semideciduous in cooler parts. In its natural habitat the shrub may scramble up to 10 m (33 ft), but is kept compact under cultivation. The star-like flowers of the shrub are 10 mm (0.39 in) in diameter and have a single, modified sepal. The caterpillars of the Commander

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Phyllanthus amarus is a leafy herbal plant found in tropical regions in the Americas, Africa, India, China, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia. Commons names for this plant include gale of the wind, carry me seed, seed on the leaf, pick-a-back, stonebreaker, and dukung anak (Malay).

Momordica foetida is a perennial climbing vine native of tropical Africa, closely related to the bitter melon (M. charantia) and balsam apple (M. balsamina). Its species name ("bad-smelling") refers to its unpleasant smell. It was previously named M. morkorra (A. Rich) and M. cordata (Cogn.) The plant grows in forest edges and similar habitats (including disturbed and cultivated land), woodland, and wooded grassland. Its leaves are wrinkled, heart-shaped with irregular edges, up to 18 cm wide. The flowers are yellow to yellow-orange. The fruit is a prolate spheroid, 3.5–7.5 cm long and 2.5–5

Deinbollia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is tropical and Southern Africa and islands in the western Indian Ocean. Its genus name of Deinbollia is in honour of Peter Vogelius Deinboll (1783–1874), a Danish-Norwegian priest, parliamentary representative and entomologist. Known species:

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Nymphaea maculata is a species of waterlily native to tropical Africa.

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Cyperus dilatatus is a species of sedge that is native to parts of Africa.

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Benzonia corymbosa is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, endemic to Guinea in West Africa. It is the only species in the genus Benzonia. It was described by Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher in 1827.

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