B. heteropoda

Plant of appearance acaule, with rhizomatous subterranean or aerial stock. 2.5-5 (-10) cm long petiole leaves, covered with soft brownish hairs, often very dense and up to 7 mm long; blade palmatinerve at the base membranous end, orbicular, frequently a little wider than long, from 10 x 12 to 15 x 30 cm very clearly rope at the base, obtuse or shortly pointed at the apex; upper surface of the blade bearing a few spike-like hairs scattered on the underside of veins with hairs similar to those of petiole; edges regularly dente. Stipules oval, scaly. Inflorescence in bipar cymes (possibly MALE or FEMALE); rather THICK peduncle, 15-20 cm long; THICK pedicel 3-4 mm long; ovate bract, membranous 1-2 mm long. MALE flowers approx. 10-12 per inflorescence, with 2 purple-red orbicular tepals, 12 x 14 mm. Stamens 20-30, with oblong antheres, 4 mm long; very short nets, only 1 mm long. FEMALE flowers not seen. Subtriangular capsule, 20 x 20 mm (including wings) very thin in the dry, almost truncate at the top, at the corner at the base; large subtriangular wing, 10 mm wide, small rounded wings, 5 mm wide; network of nerves clearly visible on the whole capsule. Seeds, very small, obovoids with a tegument reticule. - Pl. 14, p. 49. Very poorly known, affine or conspecific plant of B. boiviniana A. DC. or B. goudotii A. DC.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Rhizomatous
• Botanical Section: Quadrilobaria
• Origin: Africa, Madagascar
• Originator: Baker, J. Linn. Soc. Bot.
• Date of Origin: 1884