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Heptapleurum elatum

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Schefflera abyssinica Harms [family ARALIACEAE]
Schefflera elata (Ham.) Harms var. griffithii (Seem.)Mahesh. [family ARALIACEAE]
Schefflera elata (Buch.-Ham.) Harms [family ARALIACEAE]
Schefflera abyssinica Harms [family ARALIACEAE]
Schefflera abyssinica Harms [family ARALIACEAE]
Schefflera elata (Buch.-Ham.) Harms var. griffithii [family ARALIACEAE]
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Identification
Heptapleurum elatum Hiern [family ARALIACEAE ] Schefflera hookeriana Harms [family ARALIACEAE ] Verified by Hutchinson & Dalziel, Schefflera abyssinica Harms [family ARALIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Keay, R.W.J., Paratropia elata K.Koch [family ARALIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Schefflera hookeriana
  • Heptapleurum elatum
  • Hedera elata
  • Schefflera elata
  • Paratropia elata
  • Agalma griffithii
  • Schefflera abyssinica
  • Panax unrecorded
  • Agalma elatum
  • Paratropia unrecorded

Flora

Entry for HEPTAPLEURUM elatum Hiern [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 elatum Hiern [family ARALIACEAE]
Paratropia elata Hook. f. [family ARALIACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 196.
Astropanax elatum Seem. [family ARALIACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1865, 177.
Sciadophyllum elatum Seem. [family ARALIACEAE], in Rev. Heder. 51.
Information
Tree 50–60 ft. high; quite glabrous except the bracts and bracteoles. Branches 1/3– 1/2 in. thick close to the extremities. Leaves with 6 leaflets; petioles sulcate, 10 3/4 in. long; leaflets ovate or ovate-oblong, serrulate, nearly cordate at base, acuminate at apex, shining, 6–8 in. long, thinly coriaceous, on stalks 2–3 in. long. Inflorescence terminal, 6–8 in. long; primary pedicels 1/4– 3/4 in. long, secondary 5–7 together, 1/8– 1/5 in. long; bracteoles lanceolate, fulvo-pubescent. Calyx campanulate or turbinate. Petals and stamens 5. Style conical, 4–5-lobed at the apex.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Camaroons mountains, 7500 ft. alt., fl. in February, Mann!

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