Isotype of Lophostylis oblongifoliaHochst. [family POLYGALACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Securidaca longipedunculataFresen. [family POLYGALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Securidaca longipedunculata
Lophostylis oblongifolia
Securidaca oblongifolia
Flora
Entry for SECURIDACA oblongifolia Bth. & H. f. [family POLYGALACEAE]
SECURIDACA oblongifoliaBth. & H. f. [family POLYGALACEAE], l. c.
Lophostylis oblongifoliaHochst. [family POLYGALACEAE], Fl. Ratisb. 1842, n. 15. Schimp. Pl. Abyss. No. 771.
Information
shrubby, divaricately branched, the old twigs often spinescent; twigs, petioles, peduncles, and pedicels pubescent or hispid; leaves short-petioled, oblong, obtuse, glabrous and somewhat glaucous, with slightly recurved margins; peduncles terminating short ramuli, racemose, many-flowered; pedicels longer than the flowers; wing nearly thrice as long as the dorsally umbonate fruit. A middle-sized shrub, with pale bark and foliage, the defoliated twigs often hardening into spines. Leaves 1–2 inches long, 4–6 lines wide, obtuse at both ends. Racemes 12 or more flowered; pedicels 1/2 inch long. Fruit umbonate or bluntly cristate at back, by an abortive second carpel, the wing 1 1/4–1 1/2 inches long, and 1/2– 3/4 inch wide.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Delagoa Bay, Forbes! (Herb. Hk. D.)
Notes
A native of Abyssinia and Senegambia; found also by Dr. Kirk at Moramballa, S. E. Africa, where it is called “ Buaze ”; the “young branches yield an excellent, durable fibre; the seeds a valuable oil,” Livingstone.
