Isotype of Myrsine simensisHochst. ex DC. [family MYRSINACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Rapanea simensis(Hochst. ex DC.) Mez [family MYRSINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Myrsine erythroxyloides
Rapanea simensis
Rapanea melanophloeos
Myrsine madagascariensis
Myrsine simensis
Myrsine melanophloeos
Flora
Entry for MYRSINE simensis Hochst. [family MYRSINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 491, (1877) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
MYRSINE simensisHochst. [family MYRSINACEAE], A. DC. Prodr. viii. 97.
Information
A tall tree with a slender straight trunk, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves crowded near the top of the stout branchlets; petiole very short, winged nearly to the base; blade oblong, 3–4 in. long, 1–1 1/2 in. broad at the middle, obtuse, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous on both sides, entire, without any perceptible dotting and the main veins little raised, fine, and wavy. Flowers in crowded clusters of 8–12 each, placed on the stout branchlets below the leaf-bearing part; pedicels stout, glabrous, 1/4– 3/8 in. Calyx campanulate, coriaceous, glabrous, 1/12 in. diameter, with 5 deltoid teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 1/6 in. long, with a very short tube and 5 oblong segments. Anthers lanceolate, subsessile at the throat of the corolla-tube, shorter than the segments. Fruit not seen.
Distribution
Nile Land Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper!
Notes
Differs from M. melanophlæos mainly by its longer pedicels and more numerous flowers in a cluster.
