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Antidesma meiocarpum

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Name

Identification
Antidesma meiocarpum J.Leonard [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Antidesma membranaceum Mull.Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Antidesma membranaceum
  • Antidesma meiocarpum

Flora

Entry for Antidesma membranaceum Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Antidesma membranaceum Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Linnaea 34: 68 (1865), excl. var. molle; in DC. Prod. 15, 2: 261 (1866), var. glabrescens only; F.T.A. 1: 645, partly; Chev. Bot. 564, partly; Pax & K. Hoffm. l.c. 141, partly.
Antidesma meiocarpum J. Léonard [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in BullJardBotBrux27: 260, fig23 (1945)
Antidesma venosum [family EUPHORBIACEAE], of F.T.A6, 1: 646, partly; of Pax & KHoffml.c139, partly; of F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 284, partly; not of Tul.
Information
A shrub or tree, up to 40 ft. high; flowers yellowish-green; ripe fruits blackish;mostly in fringing forest in the savannah regions.
Habitat
mostly in fringing forest in the savannah regions
Distribution
Port. G. Catió (July) Esp. Santo 2126! 2127!Fr. G. Boulivel to Dalaba (fr. Sept.) Chev. 18683!S. L. Binkolo (fr. Aug.) Thomas 1691! Erimakuna (Mar.) Sc. Elliot 5393!Iv. C. Mt. Boho, Zoanlé (May) Chev. 21490! Ouodé to Gouréni, Toura country Chev. 21633!G. C. Kintampo (fr. July) Chipp 527! Abetifi-Kwahu (Mar., Apr.) Johnson 634! 636! Mampong (fr. May) Kitson 557! Ejura (fr. Aug.) Chipp 748!Togo Baumann 242! Bo Mts. Kersting A. 635!N. Nig. Lokoja (fr. Aug.) Elliott 189! Nupe Barter 1557!S. Nig. Olokemeji Foster 92! Ilaro Dist. (fr. Oct.) Onochie FHI 13528! Ibadan (fr. Aug.) Adekunle FHI 24215!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Belgian Congo
Angola
Uganda
Tanganyika
Mozambique
Notes
[This is best distinguished from A. venosum and the following species by the very small fruits; male plants are often difficult to name.]

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