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Acokanthera deflersii

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Identification
Isotype of Acokanthera deflersii Schweinf. ex Lewin [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf. [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Acokanthera schimperi
  • Acokanthera deflersii

Flora

Entry for ACOKANTHERA schimperi (A. DC.) Schweinf. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ACOKANTHERA schimperi (A. DC.) Schweinf. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1891);
Carissa schimperi A. DC. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1844). Fig. 85. [type as above]
ACOKANTHERA ouabaio Cathelineau ex Schweinf. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1893);. type: N2, "Ahl" Mts, near "Meid", Hildebrandt 1431 (K lecto., BM isolecto.).
ACOKANTHERA wabajo Poiss. ex Markgr. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1923), nom. illeg.;. type: N2, "Ahl" Mts, near "Meid", Hildebrandt 1431 (K lecto., BM isolecto.).
Carissa schimperi (Cathelineau ex Schweinf.) Cuf. var. ouabaio [family APOCYNACEAE], Enum., Zweiter Nachtrag: 30 (1969);. type: N2, "Ahl" Mts, near "Meid", Hildebrandt 1431 (K lecto., BM isolecto.).
ACOKANTHERA deflersii Schweinf. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1893);
Carissa deflersii (Schweinf.) Pichon [family APOCYNACEAE], (1948). [type as above]
Information
Shrub or tree, up to 9 m high, densely branched; young branchlets glabrous or pubescent, angular and ribbed. Leaves glabrous or scabrid; blade ± broadly elliptic, 2–10 x 1.5–6 cm, with a hard mucro at the tip; petiole 1–4(–9) mm long. Calyx c. 1.5–2 mm long. Corolla-tube 8–12.5 mm long, glabrous or pubescent outside; lobes ovate-cuspidate, 2.5–5 mm long. Anthers 1–1.5 mm long, visible in the mouth of the corolla-tube. Berry 10–24 mm long, purple and edible when ripe. Seeds up to 13 mm long.
Range
N1–3
Altitude range
800–1575 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Beckett 912; Thulin & Warfa 5605; Collenette 301.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Dem. Rep. Congo
Rwanda
Yemen
Notes
Asaso, melhedo, milhedo, waba, wabi, wob (Som., the plant), ouabajo, wa´abah, wabajo (Som., the poison).A potent arrow-poison is prepared from the roots. The name A. deflersii has sometimes been attributed to Lewin (1893), but it is clearly stated in Lewin´s paper that the brief description was provided by Schweinfurth. Also A. ouabaio, again with a brief description by Schweinfurth, is here regarded as validly published in 1893. The name A. wabajo proposed in 1923 by Markgraf, who cited Schweinfurth´s type of A. ouabaio, therefore is illegitimate.

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