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Cynometra schliebenii

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Identification
Isotype of Cynometra schliebenii Harms [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Zenkerella capparidacea (Taub.) J.Leonard [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Zenkerella schliebenii
  • Zenkerella capparidacea
  • Cynometra schliebenii

Flora

Entry for ZENKERELLA schliebenii (Harms) J. Léon. [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
ZENKERELLA schliebenii (Harms) J. Léon. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in B.J.B.B. 21: 413, fig. 111 (1951) & in Mém. 8°, Classe Sci., Acad. Roy. Belg. 30(2): 95 (1957). Type: Tanganyika, Morogoro District, Uluguru Mts., Schlieben 3854 (B, holo. †, BR, iso. !)
Cynometra schliebenii Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in N.B.G.B. 12: 84 (1934); T.T.C.L.: 100 (1949)
Information
Tree 6–20 m. high; branchlets puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves: stipules very caducous; petiole 3–5 mm. long, puberulous; lamina oblong-lanceolate, elliptic, or oblanceolate, 3–14 cm. long, 1–4(–5.5) cm. wide, obtusely subacuminate at apex, obtuse to rounded at base. Axis of raceme very short or scarcely developed; pedicels glabrous, ± 8–15 mm. long. Flowers whitish-pink. Sepals 6–7 mm. long. Petals 9–11 mm. long, oblanceolate. Pods ± semicircular (upper suture straight, lower curved), 4.2–5 cm. long, 2.7–3.4 cm. wide, brown. Seeds ± 3–3.7 cm. long, 2–2.5 cm. wide, and 0.7–0.9 cm. thick.
Range
DISTR. T6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1430–1780 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts., 8 Nov. 1932, Schlieben 2929! & Schlieben 3452 ! & above Morningside, May 1953, Paulo 64 !

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