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Flora
Entry for EKEBERGIA senegalensis A. Juss. [family MELIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 329, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
EKEBERGIA senegalensisA. Juss. [family MELIACEAE], Mém. Méliac. 82. t. 17. f. 16 a. —Fl. Seneg. i. 127. t. 31.
Information
Leaves 1/2–1 ft. or longer, 5–11-foliolate; leaflets rather coriaceous, lateral opposite or nearly so, elliptical or oval-oblong, apiculate or rather broadly (sometimes very acutely, Juss.) pointed, rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, very shortly petiolulate or subsessile, glabrous, paler or glaucous beneath, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 3/4–1 1/4 in. broad. Flowers cymose, in compound axillary racemes much shorter than the leaves, sessile or subsessile and clustered. Calyx-lobes broad and rounded or deltoid. Staminal tube denticulate. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit fleshy, about the size of a cherry.
