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Conopharyngia bequaertii

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Isotype of Conopharyngia bequaertii De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Holotype of Conopharyngia bequaertii De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Holotype of Conopharyngia bequaertii De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Conopharyngia bequaertii De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Tabernaemontana stapfiana Britten [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg A.J.M., 1986
Related name
  • Conopharyngia bequaertii
  • Tabernaemontana stapfiana

Flora

Entry for TABERNAEMONTANA stapfiana Britten [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
TABERNAEMONTANA stapfiana Britten [family APOCYNACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2 (4): 25 (1894); Leeuwenberg in Journ. Ethnopharm. 10: 18 (1984) & in F.Z. 7 (2): 442 (1985) & in Revision Tabernaemontana 1: 63, t. 16 (1991); K.T.S.L.: 486, map (1994). Type: Malawi, Mt Mulanje, Whyte 87 (BM, holo.)
Conopharyngia stapfiana (Britten) Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 147 (1902)
Conopharyngia johnstonii Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 147 (1902); T.T.C.L.: 49 (1949); I.T.U. ed. 2: 27 (1952); K.T.S.: 46 (1961). Type: Kenya, Nandi Plateau, 20 Jun. 1901, H. H. Johnston s.n. (K!, holo.)
Conopharyngia bequaertii De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE], Pl. Bequaert. 1: 397 (1922), as bequaerti . Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Ruwenzori, Lamia R. Valley, Bequaert 4315 (BR, holo.)
Conopharyngia johnstonii Markgr. var. grandiflora [family APOCYNACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 8: 496 (1923). Type: Kenya, Meru District, near Meru, Fries 1660 (UPS, holo, BR, K, iso.)
Tabernaemontana johnstonii (Stapf) Pichon [family APOCYNACEAE], in Not. Syst. ed. Humbert 13: 251 (1948)
Sarcopharyngia stapfiana (Britten) Boiteau [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 4 (3): 233 (1981), pro parte
Information
Tree 5–25(–35) m high; trunk 25–90 cm in diameter; bark pale to dark grey brown, rough, thick, corky; wood yellow or light brown. Leaves petiolate; blade narrowly elliptic to slightly obovate, 12–42 cm long, 3–17 cm wide, acuminate, apiculate or rounded at the apex, cuneate or decurrent at the base, with scattered dots beneath; petiole 30 mm long. Inflorescence lax, 10–28 cm long, few- to many-flowered, glabrous in all parts; peduncle 3–15 cm long; pedicels 5–30 mm long. Flowers with sepals suborbicular to oblong, 5–7 mm long, ciliate or not, with colleters within; corolla white, thick, fleshy; mature bud with a comparatively large ovoid head conspicuously wider than the tube with a subacute apex; tube pale green, almost cylindrical, throat pale yellow, 21–42 mm long, not angular, twisted over the entire length of the tube; lobes spreading, later recurved, obliquely elliptic, sometimes falcate, 17–60 mm long, 8–35 mm wide, rounded, obscurely auriculate at the left side of the base; stamens included for 2–15 mm, inserted 11–15 mm from the base; pistil glabrous, 13–17 mm long; style 5–10 mm long; ovary almost cylindrical; ovules 100–200 in each carpel. Fruits dark green, densely speckled yellow or white, subglobose, obliquely ovoid and angular when young, 10–20 cm long, 8–20 cm in diameter, rounded, dehiscent, several–many-seeded; pericarp 2.5–6 cm thick; aril orange; seeds dark brown, slightly coffee-bean-like, obliquely ellipsoid, 15–21 mm long. 
Range
DISTR. U 2, 3; K 3–7; T 2, 3, 6–8
Altitude range
1400–2300 m
Distribution
KENYA South Nyeri District S Mt Kenya, Kamweti track, between Thiba fishing camp and crossing of Thiba R., 31 Jan. 1971, Faden 71/86!KENYA North Kavirondo District NE of Kakamega Forest Station, 28 Nov. 1971, Higgins & Magogo 11752!KENYA Teita District Taita Hills, SE end of Ngangao Forest, 9 Feb. 1966, Gillett et al. !TANZANIA Moshi District Weru Weru forest road, 1 Jan. 1967, Bigger 775!;TANZANIA Lushoto District Jaegertal valley, 1 km NE of Lushoto, 21 Jun. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2967!;TANZANIA Njombe District Mdando Forest Reserve, 15 Nov. 1966, Gillett 17867!UGANDA Kigezi District Lake Mutanda, Oct. 1940, Eggeling 4162! & Oct. 1947, Purseglove 2509!;UGANDA Mbale District Bumoni, Mt Elgon, Snowden 860!
Distribution (external)
; Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
USES. None recorded

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