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Caloncoba cauliflora

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Name

Identification
Caloncoba cauliflora Sleumer [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Caloncoba welwitschii
  • Caloncoba cauliflora
  • Oncoba welwitschii

Flora

Entry for CALONCOBA welwitschii (Oliv.) Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1975) Author: H. Sleumer (Rijksherbarium, Leiden)
Names
CALONCOBA welwitschii (Oliv.) Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in E.J. 40: 462 (1908); V.E. 3 (2): 568 (1921); T.T.C.L.: 230 (1949); Sleumer in E.J. 94: 124 (1974). Type: Angola, Cuanza Norte, Golungo Alto, Welwitsch 537 (LISU, holo., BM, BR, G, K, P, iso.!)
Oncoba welwitschii Oliv. [family FLACOURTIACEAE], F.T.A. 1: 117 (1868)
Caloncoba gigantocarpa Perkins & Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in E.J. 40: 464 (1908); T.T.C.L.: 230 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Newala/Masasi Districts, Makonde Plateau, Mkomadatchi, Busse 1092 (B, holo. †, EA, iso. !)
Caloncoba grotei Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in Engl., V.E. 3 (2): 568 (1921), in text; T.T.C.L.: 230 (1949). Type: Tanzania, cultivated at Amani, Herb. Amani 5643 (B, holo. †, EA, iso. !)
Caloncoba cauliflora Sleumer [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 12: 86 (1934). Type: Tanzania, Uluguru Mts., 1200 m., Schlieben 4254 (B, holo. †, B, BM, BR, M, P, iso. !)
Information
Shrub or generally tree, 4–14(–20) m. tall; bark greyish-brownish. Leaves ± deciduous, aggregated towards the ends of the branches; blade ovate, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate to cordate, membranous to chartaceous, glabrous, 10–28 cm. long, (5.5–)8–20 cm. broad, 5-nerved from the base, upper lateral nerves 2–4 pairs, veins ± transverse, prominent beneath with ± pronounced reticulation of the veinlets; petiole 4–12(–19) cm. long; stipules subulate-aristate, up to 2.5 cm. long, caducous. Flowers 2–5 in a fascicle from defoliate axils, or from old branches, even from the trunk, appearing with the young leaves, up to 10 cm. in diameter; pedicels sparingly glandular, 1.5–2.5 cm. long at anthesis, up to 4 cm. in fruit. Sepals oblong-elliptic, glandular dorsally, subpersistent, 1.2–2 cm. long, 0.7–1.3 cm. broad. Petals ± 10, about twice the size of the sepals, spathulate-oblong, strongly veined towards the base, (1.6–)2.5–4.5 cm. long, (0.6–)1–2.3 cm. broad. Filaments up to 2.5 cm. long; anthers 3–4 mm. long. Ovary tuberculate; style slender, ± 1 cm. long, with 5–6 short stigmatic branches. Capsule elliptic to subglobular, 7–10(–15) cm. long, 4–6(–12) cm. across including the spines (these (1.5–)2–5 cm. long), splitting into 5–6 valves, which recurve when ripe; pericarp ± 5 mm. thick. Seeds numerous, globose, puberulous, 5–7 mm. long, 3–4 mm. broad. Fig. 8/8, 9.
Range
DISTR. T3, 6–8 Nigeria to Zaire and Angola,
Altitude range
800–1900 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Lushoto District E. Usambara Mts., Lutindi Peak, Jan. 1941, Greenway 6136!TANZANIA Njombe District Lupembe, Ruhudji R., Oct. 1931, Schlieben 1346!TANZANIA Lindi District Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, Dec. 1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7602 !
Distribution (external)
Malawi
Mozambique

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