forest star

forest star

English

forest star

Etymology

Attested at least in a work pertaining to Zimbabwean flora published in 1990.[1]

Noun

forest star (plural forest stars)

1. (Zambia, Zimbabwe) Mussaenda arcuata, a shrub species of the family Rubiaceae with a star-shaped 5-lobed yellow corolla, whose centre is also star-shaped and hairy, orange to brown in colour; native range is Tropical Africa and Western Indian Ocean.[2]

   Synonyms: savanna gooseberry, (Zimbabwe) wild handkerchief bush

Tranlations

Mussaenda arcuata

French: liane de Kisanji (Democratic Republic of the Congo), cicrite (Mauritius), caca poule (Mauritius), gros lingue (Réunion), lingue (fr) (Réunion), lingue café (Réunion) Lingala: esobi

Luhya: mudondo, shihanga Luo: achak, adieremo, adiep, odieremo Sango: ngûlayänü (sg) Shona: muridzameso

References

1. Plowes, D. C. H.; Drummond, R. B. (1990) Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe: A Guide to Some of the Common Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe‎, Revised edition, Longman Rhodesia, →ISBN, page 134
2. Govaerts, R., Ruhsam, M., Andersson, L., Robbrecht, E., Bridson, D., Davis, A., Schanzer, I. & Sonké, B. (2022). World Checklist of Rubiaceae. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=130317 Retrieved 27 March 2022

• Beentje, H.J. (1994) Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas‎, Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya, →ISBN
• Bolnick, Doreen (2007) A Guide to the Common Wild Flowers of Zambia and Neighbouring Regions‎, Lusaka, Zambia: Wildlife & Environmental Conservation Society of Zambia, →ISBN, page 18
• Gurib Fakim, Ameenah (2003) An Illustrated Guide to the Flora of Mauritius & the Indian Ocean Islands‎, A. Gurib-Fakim, →ISBN, page 155
• Latham, Paul; Augustin Konda ku Mbuta (2014) Useful Plants of Bas-Congo Province, Democratic Republic of Congo‎, volume 2, page 326