Compilation
Bosqueia cerasifolia

3 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Bosqueia cerasifolia Engl. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Berg, C.C., Trilepisium madagascariense DC. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Bosqueia cerasifolia
  • Trilepisium madagascariense

Flora

Entry for Trilepisium madagascariense DC. [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 6, page 13, (1991) Author: C. C. Berg
Names
Bosqueia thouarsiana var. acuminata Baill. [family MORACEAE], in Adansonia 3: 339 (1863). Type from Madagascar.
Bosqueia thouarsiana Baill. [family MORACEAE], in Adansonia 3: 339, t, 10 (1863). Type from Madagascar.
Trilepisium madagascariense DC. [family MORACEAE], Prodr. 2: 639 (1825).—C.C. Berg in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 47: 299, t.6, 7 (1977); in Fl. Cameroun 28: 103, t. 35 (1985); in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 17 (1989). TAB. 13. Type from Madagascar.
Bosqueia danguyana Léandri [family MORACEAE], in Notul. Syst. 13: 178 (1948). Type from Madagascar.
Bosqueia calcicola Léandri [family MORACEAE], in Notul. Syst. 13: 179 (1948). Type from Madagascar.
Bosqueia orientalis Léandri [family MORACEAE], in Notul. Syst. 13: 180 (1948). Type from Madagascar.
Bosqueia manongarivensis Léandri [family MORACEAE], in Notul. Syst. 13: 180 (1948). Type from Madagascar.
Bosqueia welwitschii Engl. [family MORACEAE], Mon. Afr. Pflanzen. 1: 36 (1898). Type from Angola.
Bosqueia occidentalis Léandri [family MORACEAE], in Notul. Syst. 13: 181 (1948). Type from Madagascar.
Bosqueia cerasifolia Engl. [family MORACEAE], Mon. Afr. Pflanzen. 1: 36 (1898); Bot. Jahrb. 51: 439, fig. 5 (1914). Type from Tanzania.
Pontya excelsa A. Chev. [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 58, Mém. 8d: 210 (1912). Lectotype from Guinea, chosen by Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 103 (1985).
Bosqueia phoberos Baill. [family MORACEAE], in Adansonia 3: 339 (1863); op. cit. 8: 72, t. 4 (1867).—Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 219 (1917).—K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa: 102 (1977). Type from Tanzania.
Bosqueia gymnandra Bak. [family MORACEAE], Fl. Maur. Seych.: 283 (1877). Type from the Seychelles.
Bosqueia angolensis Ficalho [family MORACEAE], Pl. Ut. Afr. Port.: 271 (1884).—Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 218 (1917). —Hauman in F.C.B. 1: 95 (1948).—Keay in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1, 2: 612 (1958). Type from Angola.
Bosqueia thouarsiana var. pyriformis Baill. [family MORACEAE], in Adansonia 3: 339 (1863). Type from Madagascar.
Bosqueia boiviniana Baill. [family MORACEAE], in Adansonia 3: 340, t. 10 (1863). Type from Madagascar.
Information
Tree up to 25(40) m. tall. Leaf lamina elliptic to oblong or subobovate to oblanceolate, 2–12(18) x 1.5–6.5(8) cm., subcoriaceous; apex acuminate, base ± broadly cuneate, margin entire; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 4–10(12) pairs, with the tertiary venation reticulate; petiole 3–15 mm. long; stipules 2–12 mm. long, glabrous, caducous. Inflorescences 0.5–0.8(1) cm. in diam.; peduncle 0.2–1.5 cm. long, increasing to 2.3 cm. long in fruit. Anthers 0.2–0.8 mm. long, filaments 2–10 mm. long. Stigmas 2–8 mm. long. Infructescence ovoid to ellipsoid, 1.2–1.8 cm. in diam.
Habitat
Evergreen or semi-deciduous forest;
Range
From Guinea to S. Ethiopia, E. Africa and southwards to South Africa and Angola
Altitude range
0–2000 (2500?) m.
2000
0
Distribution
Mozambique MS Manica, Moribane to Sanguene, 6.x.1953, Pedro 4229 (K; PRE).Mozambique Z Milange, sul do Monte Tumbine, 30.vii.1949, Andrada 1803 (LISC).Malawi S Thyolo Distr., Thyolo Mt., 21.ix.1946, Brass 17714 (K; PRE).Malawi C Ntchisi Mt., 5.ix.1929, Burtt Davy 21258 (FHO).Zimbabwe E Chipinge Distr., Chirinda Forest, ix.1967, Goldsmith 86/67 (COI; K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique N c. 40 km. de Malema (Entre Rios) estrada para Ribáuè, Serra Murripa, 15.xii.1967, Torre & Correia 16536 (LISC).Zimbabwe C Wedza Mt., 19.ii.1963, Wild & Drummond 6000 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Viphya, Kavuma stream, Kawendama, 10.x.1964, Chapman 2293 (FHO).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Lunzua, 2.iv.1960, Fanshawe 5628 (FHO; NDO).
Distribution (external)
Madagascar
Seychelles

Related Materials