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Mimusops penduliflora

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Mimusops penduliflora Engl. [family SAPOTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Mimusops usambarensis
  • Mimusops penduliflora

Flora

Entry for MIMUSOPS penduliflora Engl. [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
MIMUSOPS penduliflora Engl. [family SAPOTACEAE], in E.J. 28: 448 (1900) & E.M. 8: 69, t. 28/B (1904); T.T.C.L.: 566(1949). Type: Tanganyika, S. Uluguru Mts., Goetze 342 (B, holo. †, K, iso.!)
Information
Tree up to 10 m. in height; young branches, petioles, pedicels and flower-buds with dense ferrugineous indumentum. Petioles up to 3 cm. long. Leaf-lamina elliptic-oblong, 12–15 cm. long, 4–5 cm. wide, ± obtuse, broadly cuneate, subcoriaceous, glabrous and shiny on upper surface; primary lateral nerves ±15 each side, finely raised on both surfaces. Flowers clustered in axils of current leaves, pendulous. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, up to 10 mm. long and 4 mm. wide. Corolla-segments linear-lanceolate, up to 7 mm. long. Filaments up to 2.5 mm. long; anthers up to 4 mm. long; staminodes narrowly lanceolate and ± equal to length of stamens, externally pilose. Ovary densely pilose, tapering into a slender style up to 1 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. T6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
600 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Morogoro District S. Uluguru Mts., rocky bank of the Mbakana [Mbakano] R., Dec. 1898 (fl.), Goetze 342 !
Notes
Known only from a single type-specimen which may perhaps represent an extreme form of one of the more widespread species. Further gatherings from the type area possibly showing a range of flowering and fruiting material are needed in order to clarify the taxonomic standing of the species.

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