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Macaranga kilimandscharica

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Identification
Macaranga kilimandscharica Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Macaranga neomildbraediana
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  • Macaranga mildbraediana
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  • Macaranga kilimandscharica

Flora

Entry for MACARANGA kilimandscharica Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 441, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
MACARANGA kilimandscharica Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 238. —Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 526; xxx. 339. Mildbr. Wiss. Deutsch. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. ii. 456.
Information
A tree; young branches pubescent. Leaves long-petioled, often narrowly but distinctly peltate, wide-ovate, acute, base rounded or slightly cordate, margin entire, 4–6 in. long, nearly as wide, subcoriaceous, glabrous; petiole 3–4 in. long; stipules lanceolate, deciduous. Male flowers in short lateral panicles; bracts ovate, acute, entire, subtending several flowers. Stamens 2. Female flowers in short axillary panicles; bracts as in the males. Calyx-lobes ovate. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled; stigmas recurved. Capsule globose, densely lepidote, 1/4 in. in diam.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 6000 ft., Volkens, 1080! 1271! 1271A! Amani, 3000 ft., Warnecke, 366! Ruanda; Rugege forest, Mildbraed, 1014; Bugoia, Mildbraed, 1455.Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 14! 387!Uganda Nile Land Toro; Ruwenzori, 7000–8600 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7816!British East Africa Nile Land Kenia and Aberdare range, 7000–8000 ft., Battiscombe, 76! Kericho, Elliott, 187!
Notes
Schweinfurth, 3337, from Yuru, Niamniam, is nearly allied to, if not a form of, this species. The leaves are rather narrower for their length and are borne on long slender shoots armed with numerous spines.

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