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Cryptosepalum exfoliatum

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Identification
Isotype of Cryptosepalum fruticosum Hutch. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Cryptosepalum exfoliatum (Hutch.) Duvign. & Brenan [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cryptosepalum bequaerti
  • Cryptosepalum exfoliatum
  • Cryptosepalum fruticosum
  • Cryptosepalum arboreum
  • Cryptosepalum suffruticans
  • Cryptosepalum unrecorded
  • Cryptosepalum maraviense
  • Cryptosepalum pseudotaxus

Flora

Entry for CRYPTOSEPALUM exfoliatum De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
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, (1967) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
CRYPTOSEPALUM exfoliatum De Wild. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 41, t. 3/1–8 (1902); L.T.A.: 743 (1930); J. Léon. in F.C.B. 3: 493 (1952); F.F.N.R.: 121 (1962); Duvign. & Brenan in K.B. 20: 8 (1966). Type: Congo, Katanga, 1900, Verdick (BR, holo.!)
Information
Shrub or tree 0.2–18(–30) m. high, sometimes suffruticose, but then branched above or at least with several often clustered lateral inflorescences, and with stems apparently persisting for at least 2 seasons; bark grey to brown. Leaves with rhachis 1.5–9.5 cm. long; leaflets in 2–11 pairs, ± asymmetrically oblong to elliptic, 0.5–7.2 cm. long, 0.15–3.3 cm. wide, emarginate or rounded to subacute at apex, asymmetric at base, glabrous or subglabrous to ± pubescent beneath or even somewhat so above. Racemes terminal or lateral, solitary or clustered up to 3 together, 2–10 cm. long, glabrous or subglabrous or pubescent. Flowers white or pale pink, sweetly scented. Bracteoles elliptic, ± 5–8 mm. long and 3–6 mm. wide. Sepals 1–4, triangular, up to ± 2 mm. long. Petals 1(–2), 5–10 mm. long. Stamens 3. Pods 4.5–6 cm. long, 2–2.5 cm. wide. Seeds ± 1.3–1.5 cm. long and 0.8–1 cm. wide.
Range
DISTR. (of species as a whole). T4
Distribution (external)
; Congo Republic
Malawi
Zambia
Angola

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