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Maerua pseudopetalosa

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Name

Identification
Courbonia virgata Brongn. [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Maerua pseudopetalosa (Gilg & Benedict) DeWolf [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Maerua pseudopetalosa
  • Maerua unrecorded
  • Courbonia virgata
  • Courbonia pseudopetalosa
Common name
  • kùmkúm, kθ̀mkθ́m (C&H) (NIGERIA, KANURI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for MAERUA pseudopetalosa (Gilg & Bened.) DeWolf [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 pseudopetalosa (Gilg & Bened.) DeWolf [family CAPPARACEAE], in K.B. 16: 82 (1962). Type: E. Cameroun, between Tschoa and Kalgey, Ledermann 3208 (B, holo. !)
Courbonia virgata Brongn. [family CAPPARACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 901 (1860); F.T.A. 1: 88 (1868); Gilg in P.O.A. C: 186 (1895); Gilg & Bened. in E.J. 53: 217 (1915); Chiov., Fl. Somala 1: 82 (1929); F.P.N.A. 1: 205 (1948); F. W. Andr., Fl. Pl. A.-E. Sudan 1: 46 (1950); Hauman & Wilczek in F.C.B. 2: 502 (1951); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 95 (1954), non Maerua virgata Gilg (1903). Type: Senegal, Ferlo, Heudelot 158 (P, lecto., K, isolecto. !)
Courbonia pseudopetalosa Gilg & Bened. [family CAPPARACEAE], in E. J. 53: 217 (1915); Gilg in V.E. 3(1): 244, fig. 160 (1915); F.W.T.A. 1: 89 (1927)
Information
Perennial woody herb or subshrub with ascending branches, 3–6 dm. tall from a woody thickened root, glabrous. Leaves ascending, petiolate, simple; blade elliptic or lanceolate, 12–35 mm. long, 3–13 mm. wide, acute, mucronate at the apex, cuneate or rounded at the base; petiole 0.5–1.5 mm. long. Flowers many, borne singly in the upper leaf-axils; pedicels 8–20 mm. long. Sepals elliptic, 10–12 mm. long; receptacle 2–5 mm. long. Petals 0. Androphore about 1 mm. longer than the receptacle; stamens 2–2.5 cm. long. Gynophore 2.5–3 cm. long; ovary spindle-shaped, 4–6 mm. long. Fruits globose or ovoid-cylindric, ± 2 cm. in diameter, yellow, 1–3-seeded. Fig. 7, p. 44.
Range
DISTR. U1; K2 Sudan Republic west to Senegal, also Ethiopia and Somali Republic
Altitude range
900–1350 m.
Distribution
KENYA Turkana District Kameriongore Hill, June 1934, Champion T332 !UGANDA Acholi District Chua, Agoro, Eggeling 2367 ! & 15 Nov. 1945, A. S. Thomas 4389 !;UGANDA Karamoja District Mt. Toror, Dec. 1958, Wilson 538 ! & 3 Oct. 1952, Verdcourt 797 !

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