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Copaifera coleosperma

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Name

Identification
Copaifera coleosperma Benth. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Guibourtia coleosperma (Benth.) J.Leonard [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leonard J., 1949
Related name
  • Copaifera coleosperma
  • Copaifera hymenaefolia
  • Copaifera gorskia
  • Guibourtia pellegriniana
  • Guibourtia coleosperma

Flora

Entry for COPAIFERA coleosperma Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
COPAIFERA coleosperma Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in Linn. Trans. xxv. 316, t. 43 A.
Information
A large tree; branches slender, wholly glabrous. Leaflets unijugate, falcate-ovate or oblong-ovate, obtusely acuminate or more broadly pointed, coriaceous, glabrous, strongly reticulate, 2–2 3/4 in. long, 1–1 1/3 in. broad, petiolules about 1 line, petiole 1/2–1 in. Flowers (not seen) in terminal and axillary panicles. Legumes much compressed, coriaceous, somewhat semiorbicular, glabrous, rugulose or finely tuberculate-corrugate when dry, 3/4–1 1/4 in. long on a gynophore of 2–3 lines. Seeds conspicuously arillate; testa shining; cotyledons plano-convex, uniform, not resiniferous.
Distribution
South Central Batoka highlands, Dr. Kirk!
Notes
Dr. Kirk states that in some localities this tree “has been planted at least 100 years ago.” The red aril is used in preparing a nourishing drink. As pointed out by Mr. Bentham, this plant so far as fruiting specimens enable one to judge is identical with the Cuban C. hymenæifolia, excepting in the aril. Are they the same species? Which, if either, is the introduced plant? The leaflets in this species are more completely penniveined than in C. Gorskiana, in which the nervation is that of Bauhinia, the principal nervures usually radiating from the base.

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