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Milicia excelsa

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Identification
Milicia excelsa (Welw.) CC Berg [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Chlorophora alba
  • Milicia excelsa
  • Chlorophora excelsa
  • Morus excelsa

Flora

Entry for Milicia excelsa Welw. C.C. Berg [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 6, page 13, (1991) Author: C. C. Berg
Names
Chlorophora excelsa Welw. Benth. & Hook. f. [family MORACEAE], Gen. Pl. 3, 1: 363 (1880).—Rendle in F.T.A. 6, 2: 22 (1916).—Hauman in F.C.B. 1: 56 (1948).—Keay in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 595 (1958).—Gomes e Sousa, Dendrol. Moçamb., Estudo Geral, 1: 196, t. 14 (1966).—K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa: 101 (1977).—C.C. Berg in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 47: 349, t. 19 (1977). Type as above.
Maclura excelsa Welw. Bur. [family MORACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 17: 231 (1873).—Corner in Gard. Bull., Singapore 19: 257 (1962). Type as above.
Morus excelsa Welw. [family MORACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 69, t. 23 (1869). Type as above.
Milicia excelsa Welw. C.C. Berg [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 52: 227 (1982); in Fl. Cameroun 28: 9, t. 2 (1985); in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 4 (1989). TAB. 6. Type from Angola.
Chlorophora alba A. Chev. [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 58, Mém 8d: 209 (1912). Type from Dahomey.
Chlorophora tenuifolia Engl. [family MORACEAE], Bot. Jahrb. 20: 139 (1894). Type from São Tomé.
Milicia africana Sim [family MORACEAE], For. Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 97. t. 122 (1909). Type: Mozambique, Sim 5386 (not seen).
Information
Tree up to 30(50) m. tall. Leaf lamina elliptic to oblong, 6–20(33) x 3.5–10(12) cm., subcoriaceous, chartaceous when juvenile, apex acuminate, base cordate to obtuse, margin subentire to repand, when juvenile serrate to crenate-dentate; superior surface glabrous or puberulous to pubescent on the main veins, when juvenile often scabridulous; inferior surface densely puberulous on the reticulum, pubescent to puberulous or almost glabrous on the main veins, when juvenile the whole surface hirtellous to tomentose; lateral veins 10–22 pairs, tertiary venation partly perpendicular to the lateral veins: petiole 1–5 cm. long; stipules 0.5–5 cm. long, caducous. Staminate inflorescences: spike 8–20 cm. long, c. 0.5 cm. in diam., peduncle 0.5–2.5 cm. long. Pistillate inflorescences: spike 2–3 cm. long, c. 0.5 cm. in diam. (to 5 x 1.5 cm. in fruit); stigmas up to 7 mm. long. Fruit ellipsoid, 2.5–3 mm. long.
Habitat
Evergreen or semi-deciduous forest
Range
From Guinea-Bissau to Ethiopia and southwards to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Angola
Altitude range
0–1350 m.
1350
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Distribution
Mozambique GI Massinga, 3.x.1947, Pedro & Pedrógão 2308 (PRE.).Mozambique MS Manica,c. 1 km. de Dombe, 24.x.1953, Pedro 4391 (LMA; PRE.).Mozambique Z Maganja da Costa, 27.x.1942, Torre 4710 (LISC).Zimbabwe S Chiredzi Distr., Nyahungwe, Runde R., south bank, Gonarezhou Game Reserve, 12.ix.1970, Sherry 174/70 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique N Nampula, on road from Netia to Nacaroa, 27.x.1948. Barbosa 2611 (LISC; LMA).Malawi C Dedza Distr., Mua-Livulezi Forest, 19.iv.1968, Salubeni 1158 (K; MAL; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinge Distr., Lusitu R. Valley, below Glencoe For. Res., x.1966, Goldsmith 84/66 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).

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