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Heptapleurum abyssinicum

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Identification
Heptapleurum abyssinicum Benth. & Hook.f. [family ARALIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Aralia abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family ARALIACEAE ] Verified by Bräuchler, C., 2012
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  • Aralia abyssinica
  • Heptapleurum abyssinicum

Flora

Entry for HEPTAPLEURUM abyssinicum Benth. et Hook. f. [family ARALIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 27, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
HEPTAPLEURUM abyssinicum Benth. et Hook. f. [family ARALIACEAE], Gen. Plant. i. 942.
Aralia abyssinica Hochst. [family ARALIACEAE], in A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 336.
Sciadophyllum abyssinicum Steud. [family ARALIACEAE], Nomencl. Bot. ii. 537, Miq. Ann. Lugd. Bat. i. 26.
Astropanax abyssinicum Seem. [family ARALIACEAE], Journ. Bot. 1865, 177.
Information
Glabrous. Branches woody, 1/3– 1/2 in. thick close to the extremities, covered with an irregular angular bark, transversely seamed. Petioles 4–5 in. long, crowded near the ends of the branches, faintly sulcate, terete; stalks of the leaflets 1–2 in. long; leaflets 7, 2–4 in. long, oval-ovate, rounded at the base, much acuminate or caudate at the apex, crenate-serrate, thinly coriaceous. Inflorescence 4–9 in. long; primary pedicels 1/2–1 2/3 in. long, patent; secondary 1/10– 1/3 in. long. Petals calyptrate. Flowers polygamous. Bracts pubescent; bracteoles lanceolate. Styles 3 and short in male flower, 5 or 6 in female flower, recurved in fruit, distinct from the base. Fruit 1/4– 1/3 in. long.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!

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