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Cassipourea ugandensis

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Name

Identification
Cassipourea ugandensis Alston [family RHIZOPHORACEAE ] Verified by Alston, A.H.G, Cassipourea gummiflua Tul. [family RHIZOPHORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lewis, J., Dactylopetalum ugandense Stapf [family RHIZOPHORACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cassipourea ugandensis
  • Cassipourea gummiflua
  • Dactylopetalum ugandense

Flora

Entry for Cassipourea gummiflua (Stapf) J. Lewis var. ugandensis [family RHIZOPHORACEAE]
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, (1956) Author: JOHN LEWIS
Names
Cassipourea gummiflua (Stapf) J. Lewis var. ugandensis [family RHIZOPHORACEAE], in K.B. 1955: 159 (1955). Type: Uganda, Toro District, Kibale Forest, Dawe 499 (K, holo.!)
Dactylopetalum ugandense Stapf [family RHIZOPHORACEAE], in J.L.S. 37: 515 (1906)
Cassipourea ugandensis (Stapf) Engl. [family RHIZOPHORACEAE], in V.E. 3, 2: 673 (1921); Alston in K.B. 1925: 272 (1925)
Information
Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, rounded to cuneate, extreme base acute, entire to shallowly sinuate or bluntly and shallowly serrate above the middle. Pedicels not more than 2 mm. long. Calyx-lobes and petals 4–5; stamens 8 or 10. Ovary glabrous or very sparsely and irregularly hirsute. Ripe fruit not seen, probably glabrous.
Range
DISTR. U2, 4; K4
Altitude range
1200–1500 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kiambu District south Aberdares, Chania Forest, Matara, 26 May 1942, Bally 7972!UGANDA Toro District Ruimi R., near Rwagimbo, Aug. 1943, Eggeling 5424!;UGANDA Kigezi District Kayonzo Forest, Oct. 1940, Eggeling 4204!;UGANDA Masaka District Namalala Forest, Nov. 1913, Fyffe 29 & 75!
Distribution (external)
; Belgian Congo
Northern Rhodesia

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