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Maerua endlichii

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Identification
Maerua endlichii Gilg & Benedict [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Maerua unrecorded
  • Maerua oblongifolia
  • Maerua endlichii
  • Maerua intricata
  • Maerua rigida

Flora

Entry for MAERUA endlichii Gilg & Bened. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1964) Author: J. ELFFERS, R. A. GRAHAM AND G. P. DEWOLF
Names
MAERUA endlichii Gilg & Bened. [family CAPPARACEAE], in E.J. 53: 249 (1915); Gilg in V.E. 3(1): 250, fig. 166/E (1915); T.T.C.L.: 118 (1949); Wild in F.Z. 1: 266 (1960); K.T.S.: 126 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 64 (1962). Type: Tanganyika, Moshi District, Sanya, Endlich 477 (B, lecto. !)
MAERUA rigida [family CAPPARACEAE], sensu Gilg in P.O.A. C: 187 (1895), non R. Br.]
Information
Evergreen shrub up to 3.5 m. tall with ascending and spreading branches, glabrous except for the margin of the sepals. Twigs grey, often arising at right angles. Leaves disposed along the twigs in fascicles, petiolate, simple; blade obovate-oblong to elliptic, 7–30 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, apically narrowed to an acute point, or truncately rounded and sometimes emarginate, mucronate, shiny rather dark green, with the midrib prominent beneath. Inflorescence a short corymbose raceme or the flowers 1–2 in the axils of the clustered leaves; pedicels 1.5–2.5 mm. long. Sepals 11–12 mm. long, acute, marginally puberulent; receptacle 3–4 mm. long, brown; disk with a very short free rim. Petals 1.8–3 mm. long. Stamens 17–20, 1–2 cm. long. Ovary narrowly cylindrical, glabrous. Fruits cylindrical, ± 4 cm. long, markedly torulose, green.
Range
DISTR. K1, 4, 6, 7; T1–3, 5
Altitude range
650–1800 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Mathews Range, Ngare Narok, 17 Dec. 1958, Newbould 3267 !;KENYA Embu District Emberre, 27 June 1932, M. D. Graham in A.D. 1762 !;KENYA Masai District N. of Lake Magadi, 21 Jan. 1951, Greenway & Verdcourt 8490!TANGANYIKA Moshi District Himo R., 24 Jan. 1936, Greenway 4496 !;TANGANYIKA Pare District Same, 12 July 1956, Carmichael 557 !TANGANYIKA Mpwapwa, 14 Aug. 1938, Hornby 915 !
Distribution (external)
; Northern Rhodesia
Notes
An apetalous form has been collected in Northern Rhodesia (Michelmore 451 !).

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