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Dichapetalum bullockii

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Identification
Dichapetalum bullockii Hauman [family DICHAPETALACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Dichapetalum cymosum (Hook.) Engl. [family DICHAPETALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Breteler F.J., 1977
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  • Dichapetalum cymosum
  • Dichapetalum bullockii

Flora

Entry for Dichapetalum bullockii Hauman [family DICHAPETALACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 319, (1963) Author: A. R. Torre
Names
Dichapetalum bullockii Hauman [family DICHAPETALACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 28, 1: 74 (1958). — White, F.F.N.R.: 185 (1962). Type: N. Rhodesia, Mkupa, Bullock 1196 (BR, holotype).
Information
Shrublet c. 40 cm. tall; stems many, erect, virgate, glabrous, from a woody root-stock. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate; lamina 7–16 × 0·5–2·5 cm., narrowly lanceolate or linear, papyraceous, glabrous on both surfaces, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base; lateral nerves prominent below; stipules linear, c. 3 mm. long, deciduous; petiole up to 7 mm. long. Inflorescence a few-flowered axillary cyme up to 9 cm. long; peduncle 1–3 cm. long, 2-forked. Flowers 5–8 mm. long; pedicels c. 4 mm. long, glabrous; bracts and bracteoles c. 2 mm. long, linear, deciduous. Calyx campanulate; sepals 4–5 mm. long, linear, acute tomentellous. Petals 5–6 mm. long, linear, 2-lobed to t of their length; squamulous glands minute. Stamens free. Ovary lanate; style 4–5 mm. long, pilose, 3-fid. Fruit (unripe) oblong-obovoid.
Habitat
Gregarious in plateau woodlands.
Distribution
Zambia N Mkupa, fl. ix.1949, Bullock 1196 (BR; EA; K). Also in the Transvaal (Codd 869 (PRE) ).

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