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Arduina acuminata

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Identification
Carissa bispinosa (L.) Brenan [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Isotype of Arduina acuminata E. Mey. [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
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  • Arduina acuminata
  • Carissa acuminata
  • Carissa bispinosa

Flora

Entry for CARISSA Arduina Lam. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 490, (1909) Author: By OTTOSTAPF.
Names
CARISSA Arduina Lam. [family APOCYNACEAE], Encycl. i. 555;—DC. Prodr. viii. 334; L. Planch. Prod. Apocyn. 141, 258; Lewin in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. Beibl. 41, 49, 50; Schinz in Mém. Herb. Boiss. x. 56; Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 91; Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col. 269.
CARISSA bispinosa Desf. [family APOCYNACEAE], Tabl. Ecol. Bot. 78.
CARISSA ferox DC. [family APOCYNACEAE], l.c. 335; Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col. 269.
CARISSA acuminata DC. [family APOCYNACEAE], l.c. 335; Wood, Natal Pl. t. 203.
CARISSA myrtoides Desf. [family APOCYNACEAE], Cat. Hort. Paris, ed. 3, 398; DC. l.c. 335.
CARISSA erythrocarpa DC. [family APOCYNACEAE], l.c.
CARISSA hæmatocarpa DC. [family APOCYNACEAE], l.c. 336.
CARISSA oblongifolia Hochst. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Flora, 1844, 827.
CARISSA bispinata Lewin [family APOCYNACEAE], in Virchow's Arch. Path. Anat. u. Physiol. Bd. 134, 246 (bispinata by error).
Arduina bispinosa Linn. [family ], Mant. i. 52; Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 387; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 126; in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 315.
Arduina erythrocarpa Eckl. [family ], in South Afr. Quart. Journ. i. (1830), 372.
Arduina hæmatocarpa Eckl. [family ], l.c.
Arduina ferox E. Meyer [family ], Comm. 191; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, l.c.
Arduina acuminata E. Meyer [family ], l.c. K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, l.c.
Lycium cordatum Mill. [family SOLANACEAE], Gard. Dict. ed. viii. (1768), no. 10.
Jasminonerium acuminatum O. Kuntze [family ], Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 415.
Jasminonerium bispinosum O. Kuntze [family ], Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 415.
Jasminonerium erythrocarpum O. Kuntze [family ], Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 415.
Jasminonerium ferox O. Kuntze [family ], Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 415.
Jasminonerium hæmatocarpum O. Kuntze [family ], Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 415.
Jasminonerium oblongifolium O. Kuntze [family ], Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 415.
Information
a glabrous, rarely pubescent shrub up to 10 ft. high, with numerous green simply or repeatedly bifurcate spines 1/2–1 1/2 in. long; leaves very variable, generally ovate, acute, mucronulate, obtuse or sometimes cordate, and as long as broad, sometimes oblong or nearly lanceolate, 3/4–3 in. long, 1/2–2 in. broad, dark shining green above, paler below; secondary nerves about 6–8 on each side, like the veins faintly prominent or quite obscure, mainly below; petiole 1–3 lin. long; cymes subsessile or shortly peduncled, few- to many-flowered, glabrous or subglabrous; pedicels slender, 1–2 1/2 lin. long; calyx 3/4–1 lin. long; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, ciliolate, glabrous or very finely puberulous, pale pink; corolla white, fragrant; tube 3–4 lin. long, densely hairy at the throat; lobes overlapping to the left, ovate to lanceolate, 2–2 1/2 lin. long; stamens inserted between the middle and the mouth; ovule 1 in each cell; berry scarlet, oblong, acute, 4–7 1/2 lin. long, 1–2-seeded, edible. null
Range
Extends to Rhodesia and British Central Africa.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, Burchell, 3122! 3223! 3246! MacOwan, 1768! near the Little Fish River and Great Fish River, Drège! between Little Fish River and Commadagga, Burchell, 3287! 3288! Comma-dagga, Burchell, 3315! 3317!COAST REGION Swellendam Div.! between Rietkuil and Hemel-en-Aarde, Zeyher, 3415! Bredasdorp Div.; Elim, Schlechter, 9667! Mossel Bay Div.; Mossel Bay, Burchell, 6305! George Div.; between Malgaten River and Great Brak River, Burchell, 6141! Uitenhage Div.; Zuurberg Range, at Bontjes River, Drège! Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 3414a! 3416! and without precise locality, Zeyher, 308! 428! Albany Div.; between Assegai Bosch and the Bushmans River, Burchell, 4188! Grahamstown, Miss Daly, 61! MacOwan, 2813! and in Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr. 760! Bathurst Div.; Blaauw Krantz, Burchell, 3679! between Blaauw Krantz and Kasuga River, Burchell, 3898! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 47!EASTERN REGION Pondoland; between St. Johns River and Umtsikaba River, below 1000 ft., Drège! Natal; Durban, Peddie! Inanda, Wood, 300! Nottingham, Buchanan, 137! between Pietermaritzburg and Newcastle, Wilms, 2132! and without precise locality, Gueinzius! Cooper, 1103! 1235! Sanderson! Gerrard, 147!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Klerksdorp, mountain summit, Nelson, 308! Houtbosch Berg, Nelson, 421!

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