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Myrsine kellau

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Name

Identification
Euclea kellau Hochst. [family EBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Schimper, G.W., Myrsine kellau Hochst. [family MYRSINACEAE ] Verified by Schimper, G.W.,
Related name
  • Euclea kellau
  • Kellaua schimperi
  • Euclea schimperi
  • Myrsine kellau

Flora

Entry for EUCLEA Kellau Hochst. [family EBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 509, (1877) Author: (By W. P. Hiern.)
Names
EUCLEA Kellau Hochst. [family EBENACEAE], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. ii. n. 1078. —Hochst. in Flora, 1843, p. 83.
Myrsine Kellau Hochst. [family MYRSINACEAE], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect i. n. 159.
Kellaua Schimperi Alph. DC. [family EBENACEAE], in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér. ii. vol xvi. p. 96 (1841) name only, et vol. xviii. p. 209 (1842).
Information
A glabrous shrub or small tree; branches subopposite, straight. Leaves subopposite, obovate or oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, subcoriaceous, glossy above, paler beneath, flat or wavy, 1–2 by 1/4–1 in.; veins delicate; petiole 1/10– 1/8 in. Flowers 4–5-merous, racemose; bracts lanceolate, at the base of the pedicels, small. Racemes 9–11-flowered, the male ones lax, 3/4–1 in. long, the female 2/5– 1/2 in. Calyx-lobes deltoid, apiculate or acuminate. Corolla deeply cleft. Stamens 12, in female plants 0. Ovary in female plant conical, glabrous, 4-celled; cells 1-ovuled: styles 2. Fruits globose, 1/4 in. diam., edible.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Quartin Dillon and Petit!
Notes
The Abyssinian name of the fruit is “ Kellau .” The species is the same as, or closely allied to, the “Nakus” of Arabia Felix, mentioned by Forskål, Fl. Ægypt.-Arab. p. 197 (1775); see Hiern in Trimen, Journ. Bot., 1877, p. 97.

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