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Heptapleurum mannii

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Name

Identification
Schefflera mannii Harms [family ARALIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hutchinson & Dalziel, Heptapleurum mannii Benth. & Hook.f. [family ARALIACEAE ] Paratropia mannii Hook.f. [family ARALIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Heptapleurum mannii
  • Paratropia mannii
  • Schefflera mannii

Flora

Entry for HEPTAPLEURUM Mannii 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 Mannii Benth. et Hook. f. [family ARALIACEAE], Gen. Plant. i. 942.
Paratropia Mannii Hook. f. [family ARALIACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 10.
Astropanax Manni Seem. [family ARALIACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1865, 178.
Sciadophyllum Manni Seem. [family ARALIACEAE], in Rev. Heder. 51.
Information
A quite glabrous tree, 40–50 ft. high. Branches 1/2– 3/4 in. thick close to the extremities. Leaves 3–10-foliate; petioles 6–11 in. long, terete, faintly sulcate; leaflets oval-oblong, acuminate at apex, somewhat cuneate or scarcely rounded at base, thinly coriaceous, 4–8 in. long, shining above, entire, on stalks 1–2 1/2 in. long. Inflorescence 7–17 in. long, terminal; primary pedicels 1/3– 3/4 in. long; secondary obsolete; bracteoles ovate acuminate. Capitula of about 20 flowers, 1/4 in. in diameter. Calyx and corolla green. Stigmas papilliform, scarcely raised above the wide convex disk. Fruit subglobose, 1–10th in. long, 5- or 6-ribbed.
Distribution
Fernando Po Upper Guinea 4500–7500 ft. alt., Mann!Upper Guinea Camaroons mountains, 4500–7500 ft. alt., Mann!

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