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Morus mesozygia

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Name

Identification
Morus mesozygia Stapf ex A.Chev. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Burrows, J.E.,
Related name
  • Chlorophora kraussiana
  • Morus mesozygia
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Common name
  • mûrier du Sénégal., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • sand (sad) (auctt.) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • bu lêkésur (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • bo ab (AS fide JMD) bu lẽnkésur (JB) bu sélora (JB; K&A) fu saloba (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • African mulberry., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • samba (JMD; FB) sand (auctt.) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • ndõngosan (AS fide JMD; JB) (SENEGAL, NON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • bo ab (Aub.; RS) (SENEGAL, ‘CASAMANCE’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for MORUS mesozygia Stapf [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 2, page 17, (1916) Author: (By J. HUTCHINSON AND A. B. Rendle)
Names
MORUS mesozygia Stapf [family MORACEAE], in Journ. de Bot. xxii. 99.
Information
A small tree; branchlets a warm reddish-brown, glabrous. Leaves broadly or obovately elliptic, narrowly acuminate, base shallowly cordate, margin crenate-serrate, 2–4 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–2 3/4 in. wide, membranous, glabrous or sometimes shortly hairy on the nerves on the lower face; 3-nerved, nerves subparallel connected by thin transverse veins, the lateral emitting a series of spreading-ascendent branch nerves; petiole slender, about 1/2 in. long. Male inflorescence unknown. Female inflorescences solitary or two or three together on arrested shoots, globose; peduncle slender, grey-pubescent, 4–8 lin. long. Sepals orbicular with ciliolate margin, barely 2 lin. long; stigmas sessile, subulate, densely papillose, up to about 2 1/2 lin. long. Syncarp about 1/2 in. in diam., scarcely succulent; fruit projecting shortly from the perianth, broader than long, to about 2 1/2 lin. broad.
Distribution
Senegal Upper Guinea Leprieur !Ivory Coast Upper Guinea Indénie; Zaranou, Chevalier, 16267.Gold Coast Upper Guinea Oduamase, Thompson !Togo Upper Guinea near Lome, Warnecke, 347!Nigeria Upper Guinea Western Lagos; interior, Rowland ! Aye, Dodd, 394!
Notes
According to Thompson this tree is cultivated by the Ashantis for its shade; he regards it as a species introduced from the north.

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