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Memecylon brenanii

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Holotype of Memecylon brenanii A.Fern.&R.Fern. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Memecylon brenanii A.& R.Fern. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

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Identification

Memecylon brenanii A.Fern.&R.Fern. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Fernandes R, 1960

Flora

Entry for MEMECYLON brenanii A. & R. Fernandes [family MELASTOMATACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1975) Author: G. E. WICKENS

MEMECYLON brenanii A. & R. Fernandes [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér.2, 34: 71, t. 10 (1960) & 34: 193 (1960). Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District, Sangerawe, 1934, Greenway 3680 (EA, holo., K, iso. !)

MEMECYLON sp. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], sensu T.T.C.L.: 313 (1949)

Evergreen tree up to 18 m. high; branchlets 4-angled. Leaf-lamina broadly elliptic, 4–7.5 cm. long, 2.3–4 cm. wide, obtusely acuminate, base cuneate, both surfaces densely papillose-muricate; petiole 2–4 mm. long. Inflorescence a 3–11-flowered axillary cyme: peduncle (with rhachides) 12–15 mm. long; pedicels 2–4 mm. long. Calyx broadly obconical, 1.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. in diameter; lobes semicircular, 1 mm. long. Petals oblong to obovate, 3 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, white. Anthers 1.5 mm. long; filaments 4 mm. long. Fruit (immature) globose, 7 mm. in diameter.

DISTR. T3 not known elsewhere

TANZANIA Lushoto District Sangerawe, 4 Jan. 1934, Greenway 3680 ! & Kwamkoro Forest Reserve, 11 Aug. 1961, Mgaza 437 !