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Amblygonocarpus schweinfurthii

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Identification
Amblygonocarpus schweinfurthii Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Tetrapleura nilotica Schweinf. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Tetrapleura nilotica
  • Amblygonocarpus schweinfurthii
Common name
  • kyakamσmboe (FRI) (GHANA, GUANG-GONJA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kàlàngún dáájìì from kàlàngú: an hour-glass-shaped drum; dààjìì: the (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • jigarehi (auctt.) leggal jigãje (MM) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • nanzidow (Osnan fide FRI) nanzili (Osnan fide FRI) (GHANA, DAGBANI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for AMBLYGONOCARPUS andongensis ([Welw. ex] Oliv.) Exell & Torre [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1959) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
AMBLYGONOCARPUS andongensis ([Welw. ex] Oliv.) Exell & Torre [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 29: 42 (1955); Consp. Fl. Angol. 2: 264 (1956); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 492 (1958). Type: Angola, Cuanza Norte, Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch 618 (LISU,? holo., BM & K, iso.!)
Tetrapleura andongensis [Welw. ex] Oliv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], F.T.A. 2: 331 (1871)
Tetrapleura obtusangula [Welw. ex] Oliv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], F.T.A. 2: 331 (1871). Type: Angola, Cuanza Norte, Golungo Alto, Welwitsch 1751 (BM, drawing!)
Amblygonocarpus schweinfurthii Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in E.J. 26: 255 (1899); L.T.A.: 804 (1930). Types: the Sudan, Seriba Siber Ruchama, Schweinfurth ser. II, 92 (B, syn. †, BM, K, isosyn.!) & Seriba Agad, Schweinfurth 1692 (B, syn. †, BM, K, isosyn.!); Angola, Malange, Marques 23 (B, syn. †)
Amblygonocarpus obtusangulus ([Welw. ex] Oliv.) Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in E.J. 26: 256, in obs. (1899); L.T.A.: 804 (1930); T.T.C.L.: 343 (1949); Gilb. & Bout. in F.C.B. 3: 217 (1952); I.T.U., ed. 2: 223, fig. 50a (1952)
Tetrapleura andongensis (Harms) Aubrév. var. schweinfurthii [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin.: 287 (1950)
Information
Tree 6–25 m. high, altogether glabrous. Bark reticulate or scaly, grey or brown. Leaves: petiole 4–9 cm. long; rhachis 2–18 cm. long; pinnae 2–5(–6) pairs, opposite or subopposite; leaflets 5–9(–10) on each side of a pinna, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, usually emarginate at apex, 1.2–3 cm. long, 0.7–1.9 cm. wide, on petiolules 1.5–3 mm. long. Racemes (3–)6–17 cm. long, on peduncles 1.5–4.5 cm. long. Flowers yellow, on pedicels 1.5–3.5 (–5) mm. long. Calyx 0.5–1 mm. long. Petals 3–4.75 mm. long, 0.8–1.5 mm. wide. Stamen-filaments 5–6 mm. long. Pods 9–17(–19) cm. long, 2–3.3 cm. wide, brown, glossy, blunt or ± pointed at apex. Seeds 10–13 mm. long, 7–8 mm. wide, 4–5 mm. thick. Fig. 9, p. 33.
Range
DISTR. U1; T6, 8
Altitude range
from probably near sea-level to 1370 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Rufiji District, F. J. Ross 96!;TANGANYIKA Lindi District Milolo, 12 Dec. 1942, Gillman 1110! & Rondo Plateau, Dec. 1951, Eggeling 6409!UGANDA West Nile District Amua, Dec. 1931, Brasnett 310! & Mt. Otzi, Sept. 1937. Eggeling 3421!
Distribution (external)
; Ghana
Nigeria
Ubangi-Shari
the Sudan
French Cameroons
Belgian Congo
Angola
Northern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Portuguese East Africa

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