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Elaeodendron capense

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Identification
Elaeodendron croceum (Thunb.) DC. [family CELASTRACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by R.H. Archer, 1993 Elaeodendron capense Eckl. and Zeyh. [family CELASTRACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
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  • Elaeodendron croceum
  • Cassine papillosa
  • Elaeodendron papillosum
  • Elaeodendron capense

Flora

Entry for Elaeodendron matabelicum Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 2, page 355, (1966) Author: N. K. Robson
Names
Elaeodendron matabelicum Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 40: 61 (1907); in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 20b: 174 (1942). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 404 (1916). TAB. 82 fig. A. Type: S. Rhodesia, near Matopos, Engler 2835 (B†).
Cassine matabelica Loes. Steedman [family CELASTRACEAE], Trees etc. S. Rhod.: 41 (1933). Type as above.
Elaeodendron capense [family CELASTRACEAE], sensu O.B. Mill. in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 18: 48 (1952).
Cassine sp. 1 [family CELASTRACEAE], — White, F.F.N.R.: 216 (1962).
Information
Tree 2–12(20) m. high; branches 4-lined and vinous red when young, becoming terete with prominent whitish lenticels and eventually greyish. Leaves with lamina yellowish-green to dark green above, greyish-green beneath, (3·5)4–10(13·2) × 1·5–4·5 cm., oblong to elliptic or lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate to obtuse or apiculate at the apex, with margin obtusely glandular-denticulate or more rarely dentate or subentire, cuneate to angustate at the base, coriaceous, with densely reticulate yellowish venation more prominent above than below; petiole (5)7–18 mm. long. Cymes in axil of foliage leaves; peduncle 3–25 mm. long; flowers numerous in each dichasium, c. 4 mm. in diam., in subglobose clusters, bisexual. Sepals 5, c. 0·3 mm. long, semicircular, entire. Petals 5, green to yellow, 1–1·5 mm. long, oblong or elliptic-oblong, with margin paler, entire. Stamens 5. Disk slightly 5-angled, patelliform, puberulous. Ovary 3-locular, broadly ovoid-conic, c. 2/3-immersed in disk. Drupe yellow or greenish-yellow, drying dark red, 13–18 mm. long, subglobose to ellipsoid or obovoid, smooth. Seed 1.
Habitat
In dry open deciduous woodland and wooded grassland
Range
S. Rhodesia and the regions immediately adjacent to it
Altitude range
425–1525 m.
1525
425
Distribution
Mozambique MS Chimoio, mouth of R. Vanduzi, fl. & fr. 28.iv.1948, Andrada 1207 (LISC).Malawi S Zomba Distr., fl. i.1932, Clements 194 (FHO).Zimbabwe S Gwanda, Koodoovale Motel, 900 m., fl. v.1958. Davies 2484 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali, Golf Course, fr. ii.1947, Chase 290 (BM; COI; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Hartley, Poole Farm, fl. 28.iii.1949, Hornby 2938 (PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Matopos Hills, fl. iii.1929, Eyles 6308 (K; SRGH).Mozambique T Marávia, near Chicoa, fr. 25.ix.1942, Mendonça 418 (LISC).Malawi C Dowa Distr., near Lake Nyasa Hotel, 420 m., fl. 6.viii.1951, Chase 3881 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Mazoe, Shamva, Chipoli Farm, 840–960 m., fl. vii-viii, Moubray in GHS 87776 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Mazabuka Distr., Siamambo Forest Reserve, near Choma, fl. 2.vii.1952, White 3014 (BM; FHO; K; PRE).Botswana N Tati Distr., between Tsessebe and Ramaquebane, fl. ix.1948, Miller B919 (K; PRE).

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