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Malacantha alnifolia

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Identification
Malacantha alnifolia (Baker) Pierre [family SAPOTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pouteria alnifolia
  • Chrysophyllum alnifolium
  • Malacantha warneckeana
  • Lucuma unrecorded
  • Malacantha alnifolia
Common name
  • (Diembéreng) nuork (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • aningueri (in francophone territories, from Abe); asamfona (Ghana: loosely aplied to various Sapotaceae)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • busé (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ñahañ (JB: K&A) ndaf ñik (JB; (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • busom (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDYAK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bussé (Aub.) galâg (JB fide K&A) kabâ (JB fide K&A) kafilem (JB fide K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • sulonkybuna (Aub.) tuulun (K&A) (SENEGAL, BANYUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for MALACANTHA alnifolia (Baker) Pierre [family SAPOTACEAE]
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, (1968) Author: J. H. Hemsley
Names
MALACANTHA alnifolia (Baker) Pierre [family SAPOTACEAE], Not. Bot. Sapot.: 61 (1891); Engl., E.M. 8: 49 (1904); J. H. Hemsl. in K.B. 15: 284 (1961); K.T.S.: 525 (1961); Heine in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2: 24 (1963); Fl. Cameroun 2: 126, t. 27 (1964). Type: S. Nigeria, Onitsha, Barter 1788 (K, holo.!)
Information
Shrub to medium tree, height up to 25 m., with fluted trunk and slightly buttressed base. Hairs of young shoots and petioles brown, dense and ± erect. Petioles up to 2 cm. long. Leaves change colour to orange and red before falling; lamina obovate to oblong, 12–22(–36) cm. long, 7–12(–20) cm. wide, apex rounded, sometimes apiculate, base obtuse or cuneate; upper surface with scattered hairs, becoming subglabrous, midrib channelled and with dense short hispid hairs along length; lower surface with uniformly scattered erect hairs, densely arranged on midrib and nerves or sometimes glabrescent with few hairs only on midrib; lateral nerves 15–26 each side, veins prominent, raised and oblique. Bracts sepal-like, densely rusty hairy. Sepals elliptic to ovate, up to 6 mm. long, 4.5 mm. wide, densely rusty hairy externally. Corolla-lobes up to 3.5 mm. long. Filaments up to 5 mm. long. Style 3–7(–9) mm. long. Ripe fruit red and fleshy, up to 2.5 cm. long, with indumentum persisting as ± felted covering until almost mature. Seed up to 1.7 cm. long, slightly flattened; testa dark brown; scar linear, up to 4 mm. wide. Fig. 3.
Altitude range
0–600 m.

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