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Bridelia niedenzui

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Identification
Bridelia niedenzui Gehrm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Bridelia cathartica Bertol. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Bridelia niedenzui
  • Bridelia cathartica
  • Bridelia micrantha
  • Bridelia melanthesoides

Flora

Entry for BRIDELIA Niedenzui Gehrm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 441, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
BRIDELIA Niedenzui Gehrm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xli. Beibl. 95, 36, partly. —S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xl. 191.
BRIDELIA Niedenzui Gehrm. var. Njassæ [family EUPHORBIACEAE], l.c.
BRIDELIA Niedenzui Gehrm. var. revoluta [family EUPHORBIACEAE], l.c.
Information
A small bush about 6 ft. high; branchlets somewhat elongated and slender, glabrous or very sparingly pubescent when young. Leaves elliptic, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, rounded or subacute, rounded or cuneate at the base, 1 1/2–4 in. long, 1/2–2 in. broad, slightly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, glaucous below, revolute at the margin; lateral nerves 8–11 on each side, looped and reticulate, together with the tertiary nerves and veins very prominent below; petiole stout, 2–3 lin. long, wrinkled; stipules lanceolate-subulate, acute, 2 lin. long, slightly pubescent. Bracts ovate, slightly pubescent. Male flowers: Sepals ovate, glabrous. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, toothed, nearly as long as the sepals. Rudimentary ovary bipartite. Female flowers: Sepals larger than in the male. Petals subentire. Disk cupular, toothed, glabrous. Ovary ovoid; styles bipartite, glabrous. Fruits 2-celled (Gehrmann).
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Bagamoyo, Hildebrandt, 1295! Province of Zanzibar, Kirk! Livingstone Mountains, Goetze, 845!Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. without precise locality, Buchanan, 519!Rhodesia Mozamb. Dist. Leshumo Valley, Holub! Umvumvumvu River, 2000 ft., Swynnerton, 1736!
Notes
Gehrmann quotes Buchanan, 51, but it is undoubtedly a mistake for 519.

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