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Clitandra semlikiensis

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Holotype of Clitandra semlikiensis Robyns & Boutique [family APOCYNACEAE]
Holotype of Clitandra semlikiensis Robyns & Boutique [family APOCYNACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Clitandra semlikiensis Robyns & Boutique [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Landolphia buchananii (Hallier f.) Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Persoon J.G.M., 1986
Related name
  • Landolphia buchananii
  • Clitandra semlikiensis

Flora

Entry for LANDOLPHIA buchananii (Hallier f.) Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE]
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, (2002) Author: E.A. OMINO
Names
LANDOLPHIA buchananii (Hallier f.) Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 35 (1902); T.T.C.L.: 51 (1949); Pichon in Mém. I.F.A.N. 35: 48 (1953); Kupicha in F.Z. 7, 2: 409 (1985); Persoon in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 92, 2: 27, t. 2 (1992); K.T.S.L.: 481, ill., map (1994). Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Buchanan 220 pro parte (B†, holo., BM, lecto., K!, isolecto., chosen by Persoon)
Clitandra buchananii Hallier f. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. 17, Beih. 3: 119 (1900)
Clitandra kilimanjarica Warb. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Tropenfl. 4: 614 (1900). Lectotype: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Moshi, Merker 224 (K!, lecto., chosen by Pichon)
Landolphia kilimanjarica (Warb.) Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 34 (1902); T.T.C.L.: 51 (1949); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 171 (1994), as kilimandjarica
Landolphia cameronis Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 35 (1902). Lectotype: Malawi, Namasi, Cameron 1 (K, lecto., chosen by Persoon)
Landolphia ugandensis Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 589 (1904); T.T.C.L.: 52 (1949). Type: Uganda, Masaka District, Dumu Forest, Buddu, Dawe 23 (K!, holo.)
Landolphia rogersii Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in K.B. 1912: 360 (1912). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Lubumbashi, Rogers 10078 (K, holo.)
Clitandra semlikiensis Robyns & Boutique [family APOCYNACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 18: 259 (1947). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Djalele R., W of Katuka, De Wilde 2 (BR, holo.)
Jasminochyla ugandensis (Stapf) Pichon [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 551 (1949)
Information
Liana 3–40 m high, rarely sarmentose shrub 0.9–7 m high with copious white latex; stems deeply fluted, to 22 cm in diameter, dark brown; branchlets glabrous or pilose. Leaves petiolate, blade elliptic to ovate or obovate, 1.9–14.5 cm long, 0.8–6 cm wide, obtuse to bluntly acuminate at the apex with acumen up to 1 cm long, rounded to cuneate at the base, sometimes slightly ciliate, glabrous above, lower surface completely glabrous or pubescent at the base of midrib and lower secondary veins; petiole 1.5–8 mm long, glabrous or pilose, with 4–8 triangular glands on each node, often with empty bracts in between nodes. Inflorescence terminal, sometimes also axillary, 1.6–5.5 cm long, 2–20-flowered; peduncle 5–33 mm long, sometimes tendril-like, elongate and curved; bracts ovate to triangular, 1–2.5 cm long; pedicels 1.2–6.5 mm long. Flowers fragrant; sepals ovate, 1.2–3.1 mm long, rounded at the apex; corolla white, creamy or yellow; tube often greenish, occasionally tinged pink or reddish, 6–12 mm long; lobes narrowly ovate to elliptic, 5.3–15.5 mm long, 1.9–4 mm wide, glabrous, rounded; stamens inserted 1.8–3.6 mm from the base of the tube, included for 1.3–5.9 mm; ovary ovoid, glabrous or with a few hairs. Fruits green with white or light brown verrucose spots, 1–50 mm in diameter, globose or pyriform, 2.5–6 cm long, 2–20-seeded; pericarp 5–6.5 mm thick; pulp fleshy, white, turning yellow when exposed; seed up to 17 mm long, irregularly ovoid, laterally compressed, minutely pitted. 
Range
DISTR. U 2–4, K 1, 3–7, T 1–5, 7
Altitude range
450–2400 m
Distribution
KENYA Fort Hall District below Thika Falls near junction with Chania R., 2 Nov. 1968, Faden 68/811!KENYA S. Kavirondo District Kisii, between Irigonga and Ogumo, 27 Dec. 1974, Vuyk 426!;KENYA Masai District Namanga R. camp, 20 May 1945, Bally 4516!TANZANIA Bukoba District Minziro Forest, 18 Oct. 1953, Willan 37!;TANZANIA Lushoto District Amani, near Forest House, 24 Sept. 1967, Harris 1039!;TANZANIA Mpanda District Kabwe R., S of Pasagulu Mt, 8 Aug. 1959, Harley 9195!UGANDA Ankole District Ruizi R., 15 May 1950, Jarrett 315!;UGANDA Bunyoro District Bugoma Forest, Feb. 1933, Brasnett 1315!;UGANDA Masaka District Maligambo Forest 6.5 km SSW of Katera, 2 Oct. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4574!
Distribution (external)
; Nigeria
Congo (Kinshasa)
Burundi
Sudan
Ethiopia
Somalia
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
USES. Stem used as rope; latex for rubber; fruit edible. Cultivated at Amani.

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