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Memecylon claessensii

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Identification
Memecylon claessensii De Wild. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Memecylon myrianthum Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Fernandes A. & R., 1960
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  • Memecylon claessensii
  • Memecylon myrianthum

Flora

Entry for MEMECYLON myrianthum Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
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, (1975) Author: G. E. WICKENS
Names
MEMECYLON myrianthum Gilg [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in E.M. 2: 44 (1898); V.E. 3 (2): 768 (1921); T.T.C.L.: 312 (1949); I.T.U., ed. 2: 170 (1952); A. & R. Fernandes in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér.2, 34: 84, 198 (1960) & in C.F.A. 4: 118 (1970); F.F.N.R.: 435 (1962). Type: Angola, Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch 911 (LISU, lecto., BM!, COI, K !, isolecto.)
MEMECYLON claessensii De Wild. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 4: 426 (1914). Type: Zaire, Katako-Komba, 1910, Claessens 402 (BR, holo.)
Information
Evergreen tree up to 9 m. high; branchlets bluntly 4-angled. Leaf-lamina elliptic, 3.5–8(–12) cm. long, 2.5–5(–6) cm. wide, acuminate, base cuneate; pet iole 2–5 mm. long. Inflorescences many-flowered compound pedunculate pseudo-umbels; rhachis 15–27 mm. long, peduncles 5–14 mm. long; pedicels 1.5–2 mm. long. Calyx-tube obconical, ± 1.3 mm. long, 1.5 mm. in diameter; calyx shallowly sinuate. Petals broadly ovate, 1.5 mm. long, 1.7 mm. wide, white. Anthers ± 1 mm. long, vivid blue; filaments ± 1.5 mm. long. Fruit globose, ± 8 mm. in diameter.
Range
DISTR. U4; T1
Altitude range
1100–1200 m.
Distribution
TANZANIA Bukoba District Munene, Sept./Oct. 1935, Gillman 613 !UGANDA Masaka District Minziro Forest, July 1938, Eggeling 3755 ! & Bugala I., June 1951, Philips 411 ! & Malabigambo Forest, 2 Oct. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4536 !
Distribution (external)
Gabon
Zaire
Zambia
Angola

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