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Clausena inaequalis

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Identification
Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook.f. ex Benth. [family RUTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2010 Clausena inaequalis (Spreng.) Benth. [family RUTACEAE ] Verified by Tanaka, T., 1928 Amyris inaequalis Spreng. [family RUTACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Elaphrium inaequale
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  • Amyris inaequalis
  • Clausena inaequalis

Flora

Entry for Clausena anisata Willd. Hook. f. ex Benth [family RUTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 180, (1963) Author: F. A. Mendoça
Names
Clausena anisata Willd. Hook. f. ex Benth [family RUTACEAE], in Hook., Niger Fl.: 256 (1849) (“Claussena”). — Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5, Suppl. 2: 34 (1861); F.T.A. 1: 308 (1868). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 758 (1915); in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 19a: 322 (1931). — Burtt Davy & Hoyle, N.C.L.: 68 (1936). — Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 540 (1949). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 2: 273 (1951). — Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8, 3: 233 (1953). — Keay, F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1, 2: 686, fig. 191 (1958). — Gilbert, F.C.B. 7: 94 (1958). — Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 481 (1961). — White, F.F.N.R.: 169 (1962). TAB. 31. Type from Guinea.
Amyris anisata Willd. [family RUTACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 2: 337 (1779). Type as above.
Elaphrium inaequale DC. [family RUTACEAE], Prodr. 1: 724 (1824). Type from S. Africa.
Amyris inaequalis DC. Spreng. [family RUTACEAE], in L., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 2: 218 (1825). Type as above.
Clausena inaequalis DC. Benth. [family RUTACEAE], in Hook., Niger Fl.: 257 (1849). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 229 (1895). — Bak. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 36 (1911). — Burn Davy, F.P.F.T. 2: 477 (1932). — Steedman, Trees etc. S. Rhod.: 28, t. 24 (1933). — Burtt Davy & Hoyle, N.C.L.: 68 (1936). Type as above.
Clausena anisata var. mollis Engl. [family RUTACEAE], Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 228 (1895); in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3, 4: 189 (1896); op. cit. ed. 2, 19a: 322 (1931). — Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 540 (1949). Syntypes from Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro and Lakes region.
Clausena inaequalis var. abyssinica Engl. [family RUTACEAE], Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 229 (1895); in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3, 4: 189 (1896). — Burtt Davy, loc. cit. Syntypes from Abyssinia and Kilimanjaro.
Clausena abyssinica Engl. Engl. [family RUTACEAE], Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 757 (1915). Syntypes as above.
Information
Shrub or small tree up to 10 m. tall; bark grey, mottled; young branches and leaves pubescent becoming glabrous. Leaves 6–20 (28) cm. long, imparipinnate; petiole 1–2·5 cm. long, terete or slightly grooved at the base; leaflets alternate, (4) 5–8 (9–10) on each side of the rhachis; petiolules slender, 1–3·5 mm. long; lamina 1–6 (7) × 0·6–2·5 (3·5) cm., rather smaller in the proximal than in the distal leaflets, ± asymmetric, ovate or ovate-oblong or elliptic to narrowly elliptic, pubescent or glabrous, densely dotted with pellucid glands, acute or slightly emarginate at the apex, margin crenulate or entire, cuneate or rounded at the base; lateral nerves 5–8 pairs. Inflorescence of elongate puberulous panicles, as long as the subtending leaves or a little shorter; peduncle long; bracts and bracteoles scarious, very small, caducous. Flower-buds ± 3 mm. long, obovoid; pedicels very slender, 3–4 (5) mm. long, puberulous. Sepals 4, 0·8 mm. long, acute, slightly joined at the base, pubescent. Petals 4, 4–5 mm. long, whitish, imbricate in bud, elliptic. Stamens 8, 4 mm. long, inserted at the base of the disk; filaments subulate, flattened towards the base; anthers basifixed, 1 mm. long, introrse, elliptic, 2-lobed at the base. Ovary 1·3 mm. long, subellipsoid, 4 (5)-locular with 2 ovules in each loculus; style stout, stigma broadly obtuse.
Habitat
Evergreen and fringing forest
Range
From Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and the Sudan, and southward to Cape Prov.
Altitude range
from sea-level to 2150 m.
2150
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Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, Rio Masiminhana, fl. 19.xi.1944, Mendonça 2962 (COI; LISC; LM; SRGH).Mozambique GI Gaza, Chipenhe, fr. 3.x.1957, Barbosa & Lemos 8029 (COI; K; LISC; LMJ).Malawi S Mt. Mlanje, fl. x.1891, Whyte 49 (BM; K).Malawi C Chenga Hill, fl. 9.ix.1946. Brass 17609 (BM; K; SRGH).Zimbabwe S Belingwe, Mt. Buhwe, fl. & fr. 10.xii.1953, Wild 4329 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zambia E Nyika Plateau, c. 3·2 km. SW. of Rest House, 2150 m., fl. 21.x.1958, Robson 216 (BM; K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zambia W Mwinilunga, Kakema R., fl. 24.viii.1930, Milne-Redhead 961 (K).Mozambique MS Báruè, Vila Gouveia, Serra de Choa, fl. 8.ix.1943, Torre 5888 (LISC).Malawi N Nyika Plateau, fl. 27.x.1958, Robson 420A (BM; K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Vumba Mts., Cloudlands, fl. 28.xi.1948, Chase 1607 (BM; COI;LISC; SRGH).Zambia N Lake Mweru, fl. 11.xi.1957, Fanshawe 3918 (K).
Notes
Swynnerton notes that the flowers are sweet-scented and that the leaves have a strong and not unpleasant smell which, however, scarcely resembles aniseed.

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