Compilation
Eugenia masukuensis
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Name
Identification
Eugenia masukuensis Baker [family MYRTACEAE ] Syzygium masukuense (Baker) R.E.Fr. [family MYRTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.White, Syzygium masukuensis (Baker) R.E.Fr. [family MYRTACEAE ] Eugenia unrecorded unrecorded [family MYRTACEAE ]
Related name
- Syzygium masukuense
- Eugenia masukuensis
- Eugenia unrecorded
- Syzygium masukuensis
Flora
Entry for SYZYGIUM masukuense subsp. masukuense [family MYRTACEAE]
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, (2001) Author: B Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
SYZYGIUM masukuense subsp. masukuense [family MYRTACEAE], ; F. White in F.Z. 4: 197, t. 45/c (1978)
Eugenia masukuensis Baker [family MYRTACEAE], in K.B. 1897: 267 (1897)
Information
Tree 6–15 m tall, rarely shrubby; slash brown, thick and fibrous. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic or elliptic, 4.5–11 cm long, 2.5–5 cm wide, distinctly acuminate at the apex, broadly rounded to subcordate at the base; petiole 2–8(–10) mm long. Calyx together with pseudopedicel 4.5–6 mm long; corolla cream. Filaments 2.5–8 mm long.
Range
DISTR. T 7
Altitude range
1500–1950 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Iringa District Mufindi Tea Estate golf course, 27 Apr. 1984, Lovett & Congdon 282! & Mufindi Club Course, near 5th green, 3 Sept. 1971, Perdue & Kibuwa 11380! & Sao Hill, Iporogoro–Mkawa track, 12 Dec. 1961, Richards 15558!
Distribution (external)
; Malawi
Zimbabwe
Notes
Richards 15558 had been determined as the W African submontane species S. staudtii (Engl.) Mildbr. to which it shows much resemblance but I have seen no fruits of S. staudtii. S. masukuense is much the older name. The problem of the relationship of S. masukuense and its small-leaved sometimes dwarf subsp. pachyphyllum F. White to S. micklethwaitii Verdc. and its small-leaved subspecies is one I have not attempted to clear up in this flora. The obvious solution is to combine them and have all as subsp. of S. masukuense. Really the only difference is the spectrum of leaf-shape – in S. masukuense the leaves are narrower with distinctly acuminate apices whereas in S. micklethwaitii they are broader, more rounded, with rounded apices. The type of subsp. pachyphyllum had originally been determined as S. sclerophyllum Brenan (now in synonomy of S. micklethwaitii subsp. micklethwaitii ); it is curiously variable in habit from a small shrub 0.9 m tall to a tree 12–20 m tall. Without much more field work I have hesitated to sink the two taxa, particularly as other montane taxa are probably involved. F. White (F.Z. 4: 197 (1978)) commented on the problem and gave reasons for considering subsp. pachyphyllum distinct from S. sclerophyllum. Drummond & Hemsley 1985 (Morogoro District, S Ngurus, Ruhamba Peak, 2 Apr. 1953, in Allanblackia, Podocarpus, Ocotea forest) could equally be placed in either S. micklethwaitii or S. masukuense. D.G.B. Leakey in F.D. 3330 (Kenya, Laikipia), a tree to 15 m with young shoots markedly quadrangular, leaves oblong, 11.5 x 5 cm, distinctly acuminate at apex, rounded at base, drying brown, petiole 7 mm and young fruits elongate had been named S. masukuense by Amshoff – it is probably a hybrid of S. guineense with S. cordatum .