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Ancylobotrys petersiana

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Ancylobotrys petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre [family APOCYNACEAE ]
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Entry for ANCYLOBOTRYS petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre [family APOCYNACEAE]
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, (2002) Author: E.A. OMINO
Names
ANCYLOBOTRYS petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, sér. 2: 91 (1898); Pichon in Mém. I.F.A.N. 35: 290, t. 21/1–3 (1953); Kupicha in F.Z. 7 (2): 423 (1985); K.T.S.L.: 477, ill., map (1994); Vonk et al. in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 94 (3): 13, t. 3 (1994). Type: Mozambique, Sofala, Sena, Peters s.n. (B†, holo.); Niassa, Angoche [Antonio Enes], Gomes & Sousa 4856 (K, neo., COI, PRE, WAG, isoneo., designated by Vonk 1994)
Willughbeia petersiana Klotzsch [family APOCYNACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 281 (1862)
Willughbeia sennensis Klotzsch [family APOCYNACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 281 (1862). Type: Mozambique, Sofala, Sena, Peters s.n. (B†, holo.)
Landolphia petersiana (Klotzsch) Dyer [family APOCYNACEAE], in Report. Roy. Bot. Gard. Kew 1880: 42 (1881); U.O.P.Z.: 324 (1949); T.T.C.L.: 52 (1949); Codd in F.S.A. 26: 260 (1963)
Landolphia monteiroi N. E. Br. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Monteiro, Delagoa Bay: 161, 163, 178 (1891); Stapf in K.B. 1907: 51 (1907). Type: Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Monteiro 37 (K, holo.)
Landolphia angustifolia Engl. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Abh. Kön. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, Phys.-Math 1: 34 (1894); K. Schum. in N.B.G.B. 1: 25 (1895). Lectotype: Tanzania, Tanga District, Misoswe [Mizozue], Holst 2220 (B†, holo., K, lecto., COI, HBG, M, isolecto., chosen by Vonk et al.)
Landolphia petersiana Dew. var. rotundifolia [family APOCYNACEAE], Ann. Soc. Sci. Brux. 19 (II): 122 (1895). Type: Tanzania, Zanzibar, Joblonsky 23 (P, holo.)
Landolphia sennensis (Klotzsch) K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE], in P.O.A. B: 453 (1895)
Ancylobotrys rotundifolia (Dew.) Pierre [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris. sér. 2: 92 (1898)
Landolphia scandens (Engl.) Hallier f. var. angustifolia [family APOCYNACEAE], in Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. 17, Beih. (3): 84 (1900)
Landolphia scandens (Klotzsch) Hallier f. var. petersiana [family APOCYNACEAE], in Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. 17, Beih. (3): 82 (1900)
Landolphia scandens (Dew.) Hallier f. var. rotundifolia [family APOCYNACEAE], in Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. 17, Beih. (3): 82 (1900)
Landolphia scandens Hallier f. var. stuhlmanii [family APOCYNACEAE], in Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. 17, Beih. (3): 83 (1900). Type: Tanzania, Tanga District, Amboni, Holst 2563 (B, holo †, HBG, lecto., COI, K, M, W, Z, isolecto., chosen by Vonk et al.)
Landolphia petersiana (Engl.) Stapf var. angustifolia [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 48 (1902); T.T.C.L.: 52 (1949)
Landolphia petersiana Stapf var. rufa [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 48 (1902). Type: Malawi, sine loc., Buchanan 437 (K, lecto)
Landolphia petersiana Stapf var. tubeufii [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 49 (1902). Lectotype: Tanzania, sine loc., Busse 1051 (G, lecto, B, HBG, isolecto., chosen by Vonk et al.)
Landolphia scandens (Stapf) Busse var. tubeufii [family APOCYNACEAE], in E.J. 32: 171 (1902)
Pacouria angustifolia (Engl.) O. Kuntze [family APOCYNACEAE], in Deutsche Bot. Monatss. 21: 173 (1903)
Pacouria petersiana (Klotzsch) S. Moore [family APOCYNACEAE], in J.L.S. 37: 180 (1905)
Information
Scrambling shrub or liana up to 5 m high; trunk 2–5 cm in diameter; branches lenticellate; branchlets densely rusty brown pubescent. Leaves petiolate; blade elliptic or slightly obovate, 4.5–9.3 cm long, 2.2–4.4 cm wide, rounded or acute at the apex, never with a clear acumen, cuneate or rounded at the base or decurrent into the petiole, coriaceous when dried, glabrous to minutely pubescent on both sides, especially on the veins; with 4–9 pairs of curved secondary veins, at an angle of 45–60° with the midrib; petiole 6–10 mm long, glabrous to pubescent. Inflorescence 7.5–37 cm long, with 2–6 cymes, each with ± 20 flowers; peduncle 4.2–25 cm long; bracts sepal-like, 1.4–2.2 mm long; pedicels 1–2 mm long. Flowers with sepals triangular to ovate, 1.7–3.9 mm long; corolla white or cream, often pinkish at the tube; tube narrow, 8.5–13 mm long; lobes narrowly elliptic to oblong, 11–35 mm long, 2–4.5 mm wide, glabrous; stamens inserted at 1.8–3 mm from the base of the tube; pistil 2.2–3.8 mm long; ovary subglobose, ovules 22–50. Fruit yellow or orange, globose to slightly pear-shaped, 25–50 mm in diameter, about 5–20 seeded; seeds ovoid or ellipsoid, up to 18 mm long. Fig. 9/7–8 (p. 31). 
Range
DISTR. K 1/7, 7; T 1–4, 6–8, P, Z
Altitude range
0–600(–1150) m
Distribution
KENYA Kilifi District Arabuko Sokoke Forest, 16 Sept. 1985, Beentje 2286!;KENYA Lamu District SW edge of Boni Reserve, 19 Oct. 1980, Kuchar 13531!;KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, 15 Nov. 1968, Magogo & Estes 1241!TANZANIA Lushoto District W Usambara, 1939, Gillman 878!;TANZANIA Morogoro District 12.5 km NE of Kingolwira, 30 Nov. 1957, Welch 443!;TANZANIA Uzaramo District Sinda Island, 5 Jan. 1969, Harris 2703!
Distribution (external)
; Congo (Kinshasa)
Burundi
Somalia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbambwe
South Africa
Comoro Islands
Madagascar
Notes
USES. Roots and leaves used in minor medicines

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