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Cicca disticha

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Name

Identification
Cicca indet. Not on sheet [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Cicca disticha L. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels [family PHYLLANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Cicca disticha
  • Phyllanthus acidus
  • Cicca indet.

Flora

Entry for Phyllanthus acidus L. Skeels [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Phyllanthus acidus L. Skeels [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in U.S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. 148: 17 (1909). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 222 (1949). —G.L. Webster in J. Arnold Arbor. 38: 66 (1957). —Keay in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1, 2: 388 (1958). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 36 (1987). Type from ‘India’, Linnean Herbarium 592/3.
Averrhoa acida L. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Sp. Pl.: 428 (1753).
Cicca disticha L. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Mant. Pl. Alt.: 124 (1767). Type from India, Linnean Herbarium 1108/1.
Phyllanthus distichus L. Müll. Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in De Candolle, Prodr. 15, 2: 413 (1866).
Information
Similar to Phyllanthus inflatus, but with larger foliage leaves (up to 9 × 4 cm), floral whorls usually in 4’s, staminodes in the female flowers, fruit 1–2-locular, 1–1.5 × 1.5–2 cm, not inflated and more markedly fleshy.
Range
Cultivated for it’s edible fruits, occasionally escaping. Country of origin unknown
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo (Lourenço Marques), Jardim Tunduru (Jardim Vasco da Gama), fr. 15.xii.1972, Balsinhas 2458 (K; LISC).

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