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Maytenus senegalensis

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Name

Identification
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell [family CELASTRACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell [family CELASTRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell [family CELASTRACEAE], in Bol. Soc.Brot. Sér. 2, 26: 223 (1952); Exell & Mendonça Consp. Fl. Ang. 2: 8.
Celastrus senegalensis Lam. [family CELASTRACEAE], (1785) — F.T.A1: 361; ChevBot130
Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes. [family CELASTRACEAE], (1893), inclvars— F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 445; AubrévFlForSoud.-Guin349–351, t73, 1–3 (incl. var. djalonensis); Schnell in IcPlAfr1: t11
Celastrus coriaceus Guill. & Perr. [family CELASTRACEAE], Fl. Seneg. 1: 142, t. 36 (1831).
Information
Asavannahshrub or small tree, up to 16 ft. high; young shoots often red; flowers whitish; fruit red.
Habitat
savannah
Range
Widespread in the savannah regions of tropical Africa
Distribution
Sen.: Walo Heudelot 200! Casamance (fl. 8 tr. Apr.) Perrottet 146! Tivaouane (Dec.) Chev. 3177!Gam.: Dawe 79! Don!Fr.Sud.: Timbuktu (June, July) Hagerup 93!Port.G.: Samba-Fili (fl. 8 tr. Apr.) Esp. Santo 2456!Fr. G.: Kouroussa (July) Pobéguin 273! Dalaba-Diaguissa Plateau (Oct.) Chev. 18875! Kadé Pobéguin 2010!S.L.: Sellakuri to Yanga (fr. Mar.) Sc. Elliot 5090!IV.C.: Bondoukou Aubrév. 1610.G.C.: Ejura (Aug.) Chipp 723! 728! Kwomma to Nangruma (May) Kitson 932! Yijia to Pong (fl. 8 fr. Mar.) Kitson 627! 628!Togo: Kersting A. 224! Kpedsu (Jan.) Howes 1091!Dah.: Boukombé Aubrév. 89d.N.Nig.: Borgu Barter 776!S.Nig.: Lagos Rowland! Oyo (Jan.) Keay FHI 25641! R. Tessi, Old Oyo (Feb.) Keay FHI 16025!

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