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Aspidostigma acuminatum

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Identification
Isotype of Aspidostigma acuminatum Hochst. [family RUTACEAE ] Teclea nobilis Hook.f. [family RUTACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Toddalia nobilis
  • Aspidostigma acuminatum
  • Vepris nobilis
  • Teclea nobilis

Flora

Entry for TODDALIA nobilis Hook. f. [family RUTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 303, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
TODDALIA nobilis Hook. f. [family RUTACEAE], in Gen. Pl. i. 301.
Teclea nobilis Delile [family RUTACEAE], in Ann. Sc. Nat. Sér. 2. xx. 90; Rich: Fl. Abyss. Atlas. t. 28.
Aspidostigma acuminatum Hochst. [family RUTACEAE], in Flora, 1844, 18.
Information
Glabrous with pale green, terete, unarmed extremities. Leaflets rather coriaceous, elongate, oblong-oval or oblanceolate-oval, acute, more or less acuminate, narrowed to the base and shortly petiolulate, entire or obsoletely undulate-denticulate above, 5–6 in. long, 1–1 3/4 in. broad, on petioles 1–2 in. Male flowers 4-merous, sessile, subglomerulate, minutely bracteolate, in axillary and terminal alternately branching panicles shorter than the leaves. Calyx-lobes short, broadly rounded, submucronulate. Petals oblong, imbricate, rather thick. Stamens 4. Female flowers in axillary spikes shorter than the petioles. Ovary 1-celled with a sessile, peltate, rounded, entire stigma.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land in deep, narrow, alpine valleys, Schimper!
Notes
A plant nearly allied to the above, with short axillary panicles of male flowers only, is in the Kew Herbarium from the Sugarloaf mountain, Sierra Leone (Barter). It is probably distinct, but insufficient for description.

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