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Identification
Capparis djurica Gilg & Benedict [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Capparis sepiaria Not on sheet. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
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Flora

Entry for CAPPARIS sepiaria (Pax) DeWolf var. fischeri [family CAPPARACEAE]
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, (1964) Author: J. ELFFERS, R. A. GRAHAM AND G. P. DEWOLF
Names
CAPPARIS sepiaria (Pax) DeWolf var. fischeri [family CAPPARACEAE], in K.B. 16: 81 (1962). Type: Kenya/Tanganyika, Itarige, whereabouts uncertain, Fischer 73 (B, holo.!)
CAPPARIS corymbosa [family CAPPARACEAE], sensu Oliv. in F.T.A. 1: 96 (1868); Gilg in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895); T.S.K.: 12 (1936); T.T.C.L.: 113 (1949); F. W. Andr., Fl. Pl. A.-E. Sudan 1: 42 (1950); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 90 (1954), non Lam.]
CAPPARIS fischeri Pax [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 14: 298 (1891); Gilg in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 191 (1915); T.T.C.L.: 113 (1949); K.T.S.: 119 (1961)
CAPPARIS cerasifera Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 33: 214 (1903); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 192 (1915); T.T.C.L.: 113 (1949). Types: Tanganyika, Lushoto District, Kwai, Albers 250 (B, syn. !) & Eick 23 (B, syn.!)
CAPPARIS djurica Gilg & Bened. [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 53: 192 (1915). Type: Sudan Republic, Bahr el Ghazal, “ Seriba Ghattas ”, Schweinfurth 1459 (B, holo. !)
Information
Twigs, petioles and leaves generally densely and minutely whitish-pubescent (obvious to the naked eye or at the most with a × 10 lens). Leaves (in Tanganyika) generally deciduous at flowering time. Flowers 2–10 in a cluster or (in Tanganyika) on much reduced lateral branches; pedicels glabrous or very thinly white-pubescent. Sepals glabrous or sometimes with a weakly pubescent margin. Gynophore, in fruit, ± 1 mm. in diameter. Fig. 10/2, p. 61.
Range
DISTR. K1, 4, 7; T1, 2, 5, 7 Sudan Republic and west to Senegal
Altitude range
180–1600 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Wamba, 10 Dec. 1958, Newbould 3603 !;KENYA Meru District Isiolo, 10 Apr. 1958, Hemming 1333 !KENYA Tana River District without locality, Battiscombe 269 !TANGANYIKA Shinyanga District Seke, Nov. 1943, Lunan 9267 !TANGANYIKA Singida, 24 Sept. 1949, Bally 7480 !TANGANYIKA Mpwapwa, 4 Dec. 1933, Hornby 399 !

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