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Commiphora ugogensis

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Name

Identification
Commiphora ugogensis Engl. [family BURSERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
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Flora

Entry for Commiphora ugogensis Engl. [family BURSERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 263, (1963) Author: H. Wild
Names
Commiphora ugogensis Engl. [family BURSERACEAE], Bot. Jahrb. 34: 314 (1904); op. cit. 48: 483, fig. 3H (1912); in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 19a: 438 (1931). — White, F.F.N.R.: 177, fig. 34J (1962). TAB. 51 fig. D. Type from Tanganyika.
Information
Small tree up to 8 (15) m. tall; bark papery, green when young, rusty-red and flaking off when old; young branches pubescent, spiny. Leaves pinnate; petiole c. 1 cm. long, densely pubescent; leaflets 6–10-jugate, lamina up to 7·5 × 2·3 cm., lowest leaflets smaller and ovate, others narrowly oblong, terminal one obovate-oblong, apex obtuse or subacute, margins serrate, base rounded and often slightly asymmetric, pubescent on both surfaces or at least on the nerves beneath, venation prominently reticulate. Flowers in axillary sessile clusters on short side-shoots. Calyx c. 2 mm. long, campanulate, lobed somewhat less than half-way, densely pubescent outside. Petals c. 4·5 mm. long, densely pubescent outside. Stamen-filaments subterete. Disk 4-lobed. Fruit c. 1·8 cm. in diam., subglobose, somewhat what flattened, glabrous; pseudaril with 4 wavy-margined arms; endocarp c. 1 cm. in diam., lumpy-rugose, with 2 moderately convex faces.
Habitat
Riverine alluvium, sometimes thicket-forming.
Distribution
Mozambique N Mossuril, between Maguema and Monapo, st. 5.v.1948, Pedro & Pedrógão 3151 (K; LMJ).Zimbabwe W Wankie, fr. 25.i.1952, Lovemore 238 (K; SRGH),Zambia S Gwembe, 3 km. N. of Sinazongwe, st. 7.iv.1952, White 2625 (FHO; K).Zimbabwe E Inyanga North, Lawley’s Concession, st. 19.ii.1954, West 3375 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Sebungwe Distr., Kariangwe, st. 6.xi.1951, Lovemore 154 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Tanganyika

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