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Gomphia reticulata

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Name

Identification
Gomphia reticulata P.Beauv. [family OCHNACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Ouratea warneckei Gilg [family OCHNACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt,B., 2004
Related name
  • Gomphia glaberrima
  • Ouratea poggei
  • Ouratea reticulata
  • Ouratea variifolia
  • Ouratea hiernii
  • Monelasmum andongense
  • Ouratea andongensis
  • Ochna padiflora
  • Monelasmum heudeloti
  • Gomphia micrantha
  • Diporochna rubescens
  • Ouratea turnerae
  • Ochna hiernii
  • Campylospermum vogelii
  • Gomphia reticulata
  • Monelasmum djallonense
  • Ouratea sibangensis
  • Gomphia turnerae
  • Campylospermum hiernii
  • Ouratea nutans
  • Campylospermum glaberrimum
  • Ouratea glaberrima
  • Ochna membranacea
  • Campylospermum squamosum
  • Ouratea squamosa
  • Campylospermum reticulatum
  • Ouratea divergentiflora
  • Ouratea warneckei
  • Campylospermum andongensis

Flora

Entry for GOMPHIA reticulata P. de Beauv. [family OCHNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 315, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
GOMPHIA reticulata P. de Beauv. [family OCHNACEAE], Fl. d'Owar. ii. 22. t. 72.
GOMPHIA flava Schum. et Thonn. [family OCHNACEAE], Guin. Pl. 216 (ex descr.).
GOMPHIA macrophylla Hook. f. [family OCHNACEAE], in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 2.
GOMPHIA Turneræ Hook. f. [family OCHNACEAE], Fl. Nigrit. 273 (a finely acuminate nearly entire-leaved form).
Information
A glabrous shrub or small tree. Leaves usually more or less coriaceous, oval-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, occasionally elongate, acute or acuminate, base cuneate or slightly rounded, acutely serrulate crenulate-serrate or rather distantly or undulate-serrulate, serratures in some forms obsolete, principal secondary lateral veins more or less distant, curving forwards, not prominent; 3–6 in. long, 1–2 in. broad; petiole 1/4 in. or the lamina narrowed nearly to the base. Stipules 2-fid or at length free. Flowers yellow to orange-red, in terminal panicled simple or compound racemes, exceeding or equalling the upper leaves; pedicels usually fascicled at short intervals along the rachis from short common lateral peduncles, more rarely inserted singly, articulated at or near to the base, 1/4– 1/2 in. long. Sepals at length 3–4 lines, linear-oblong to lanceolate or ovate-oblong, obtuse in fruit, patent or reflexed, usually nerved. Petals obovate, narrowed more or less to the base. Anthers sessile or subsessile, elongate. Drupes 2–3 (rarely 5) lines long, ellipsoidal or subglobose.
Distribution
Sierra Leone Upper Guinea ! various collectors.Fernando Po Upper Guinea T. Vogel!Gambia Upper Guinea

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