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Capparis volkensii

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Identification
Capparis volkensii Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Capparis tomentosa Lam. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Capparis volkensii
  • Capparis tomentosa

Flora

Entry for CAPPARIS tomentosa Lam. [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 tomentosa Lam. [family CAPPARACEAE], Encycl. 1: 606 (1785); F.T.A. 1: 96 (1868); Engl., Hochgeb. Trop. Afr.: 227 (1892); Gilg in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 189 (1915); Gilg in V.E. 3(1): 235, fig. 149 (1915); T.S.K.: 12 (1936); Exell & Mendonça in C.F.A. 1: 62 (1937); T.T.C.L.: 114 (1949); F. W. Andr., Fl. Pl. A.-E. Sudan 1: 41, fig. 33 (1950); Hauman & Wilczek in F.C.B. 2: 460, t. 46 (1951); Milne-Redh. in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 216 (1953); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 90 (1954); Wild in F.Z. 1: 236 (1960); K.T.S.: 120 (1961); F.P.U.: 49 (1962); F.F.N.R.: 61 (1962). Type: Senegal, Adanson in Herb. Seneg. 41 (P–JU, holo., K, photo. !)
CAPPARIS polymorpha A. Rich. [family CAPPARACEAE], in Fl. Seneg. 1: 24, t. 5 (1831); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 90 (1954), non Kurz (1873). Type: Senegal, M’Boro, Leprieur (P, holo.)
CAPPARIS persicifolia A. Rich. [family CAPPARACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 31 (1847); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 190 (1915); T.T.C.L.: 113 (1949). Type: Ethiopia, near Adua, Quartin Dillon (P, holo., K, ? iso. !)
CAPPARIS volkensii Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], in P.O.A. C: 185 (1895). Type: Tanganyika, Moshi District, Rombo Mku, Volkens 1976 (B, holo. !)
CAPPARIS biloba Hutch. & Dalz. [family CAPPARACEAE], F.W.T.A. 1: 85 (1927) & K.B. 1928: 25 (1928); Keay in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 89 (1954). Type: Ghana, Asuansi, Dalziel 160 (K, holo. !)
CAPPARIS alexandrae Chiov. [family CAPPARACEAE], Fl. Somala 2: 463 (1932). Type: Somali Republic (S.), R. Juba, Touata I., Tozzi 273 (FI, holo. !)
Information
Scrambling shrub or small tree up to 10 m. high or long. Young twigs appressed-pubescent, frequently glabrescent. Leaves petiolate; blade elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic, oblong-elliptic, ovate or obovate, 1.5–9 cm. long, 1–5.5 cm. wide, acute or rounded, generally slightly emarginate, frequently glabrous or glabrescent; petiole 4–12 mm. long, frequently appressed-pubescent. Flowers generally borne in clusters, terminal on the primary branches or on short leafy lateral branchlets, occasionally scattered in the upper leaf-axils; pedicels 1.5–5 cm. long, densely appressed-pubescent. Sepals boat-shaped, 8–10 mm. long, densely appressed-pubescent outside,with a scarious margin. Petals oblong-obdeltoid, 1.5–2.5 cm. long, 0.7–1 cm. wide, rounded, frequently broadly emarginate, whitish, with a long ciliate and pubescent base. Stamens 2–3.5 cm. long, whitish or pinkish, or with a crimson base. Gynophore 2.5–5 cm. long, stout in fruit. Fruits globose, up to 5 cm. in diameter, reddish or yellowish. Seeds several, embedded in a pinkish flesh.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K1–7; T1–8 widespread through tropical Africa, from Senegal to Eritrea and southwards to Natal; also in the Mascarene Is.
Altitude range
0–2500 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Moyale, 18 July 1952, Gillett 13602 !;KENYA Nairobi District Mbagathi, 16 Oct. 1932, C. G. Rogers 11 !KENYA Tana River District without locality, Battiscombe 238 !TANGANYIKA Bukoba District Kakindu, Oct. 1931, Haarer 2308 !;TANGANYIKA Arusha District Ngongongare, Maji ya Chai, 15 Nov. 1955, Sangiwa 107 !;TANGANYIKA Kilosa District Kidodi, Masowero, Nov. 1952, Semsei 1019 !UGANDA Acholi District SE. Imatong Mts., Agora, 9 Apr. 1945, Greenway & Hummel 7329 !;UGANDA Toro District Katwe, 12 Sept. 1941, A. S. Thomas 3956 !;UGANDA Ankole District Ruizi R., 13 Jan. 1951, Jarrett 228 !
Notes
VARIATION. There is considerable variation in the degree of pubescence and in the size and shape of the leaves, but the size and indumentum of the calyx is however distinctive. A number of specimens from West Africa, either through poor preparation or because taken from depauperate plants, do not show the characteristic inflorescence, but have only a few flowers borne singly in the axils. Specimens intermediate between these and the normal form do, however, occur.

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