Canthium oligocarpumNot on sheet. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Rytigynia friesiorum
Plectronia zanzibarica
Canthium sidamense
Canthium captum
Plectronia oligophlebia
Canthium oligocarpum
Canthium ruwenzoriense
Flora
Entry for CANTHIUM oligocarpum Hiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
CANTHIUM oligocarpumHiern [family RUBIACEAE]
Information
A large glabrous tree-like shrub, unarmed. Branches ashy, terete, somewhat compressed towards the extremities, patent. Leaves elliptical, obtusely acuminate, nearly rounded or somewhat wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, paler beneath, 1 1/2–2 1/2 by 1/2–1 in.; lateral veins about 4 pairs, inconspicuous, often with a glandular pit in the axil; petiole 1/12– 1/6 in. stipules ovate, acuminate, about 1/8 in. long. Infructescence about 1 in. long, axillary or in the axils of fallen leaves, spreading, 1-fruited; bracteoles minute. Fruit oblique, 2/3 in. long, rounded at both ends, very unequally 2-celled, 1-seeded, crowned by the minute remains of the 5-toothed calyx-limb.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land on a mountain slope (7000–8000 feet) Schimper!
