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Landolphia petersiana

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Identification
Isotype of Landolphia petersiana Not on sheet. [family APOCYNACEAE ] Verified by Vonk, G.A.J., Ancylobothrys petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Landolphia petersiana
  • Pacouria crassifolia
  • Ancylobothrys scandens
  • Landolphia angustifolia
  • Landolphia ferruginea
  • Landolphia welwitschii
  • Ancylobotrys amoena
  • Carpodinus unrecorded
  • Ancylobotrys mammosa
  • Landolphia amoena
  • Landolphia scandens
  • Ancylobotrys scandens
  • Ancylobothrys petersiana
  • Ancylobotrys petersiana

Flora

Entry for ANCYLOBOTHRYS petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
ANCYLOBOTHRYS petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre [family APOCYNACEAE], (1898);
Willughbeia petersiana Klotzsch [family APOCYNACEAE], (1862);. [type as above]
Landolphia petersiana (Klotzsch) Dyer [family APOCYNACEAE], (1881). Fig. 76. [type as above]
Information
Climbing shrub to several m long; young branches appressed brownish pubescent; older branches with conspicuous round lenticels. Leaves ± leathery; blades elliptic to obovate, 5–10 x 2–5 cm, rounded to obtuse or slightly acuminate at the apex, minutely pubescent on both sides or glabrous, reticulate tertiary venation conspicuous beneath. Inflorescence-axes pubescent. Calyx 2–3.5 mm long, pubescent outside. Corolla white or cream; tube 8–13 mm long, pubescent in upper part inside, glabrous or sparsely puberulous outside; lobes elliptic to oblong. Stamens inserted near base of corolla-tube; anthers 1.5–2 mm long. Style with a ± cylindrical head. Berry up to c. 5 cm in diam., yellow or orange when ripe.
Range
S1, 3 Kenya, Tanzania and southwards to South Africa
Altitude range
50–150 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Senni 284, 552; Gillett & al. 25152.
Distribution (external)
Comoro Islands
Madagascar
Notes
Argole (Som., the plant), mbira, mpira (Som., the gum), mdube (Som., the fruit).The fruits are edible.

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