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Neosloetiopsis kamerunensis

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Name

Identification
Neosloetiopsis kamerunensis Engl. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Sloetiopsis usambarensis Engl. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Streblus usambarensis
  • Sloetiopsis usambarensis
  • Neosloetiopsis kamerunensis
Common name
  • bubwi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for NEOSLOETIOPSIS kamerunensis Engl. [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
NEOSLOETIOPSIS kamerunensis Engl. [family MORACEAE], l.c. fig 1.
Information
A shrub with the habit of a young Mesogyne or Tryphostemma, with twigs 1 lin. or less in thickness and internodes 1 1/2–2 in. long. Leaves 4–4 3/4 in. long, 1 1/4–1 1/2 in. wide, abruptly acuminate with a bluntish point, 7 lin. long and 1 lin. wide; lateral nerves 6–7 on each side, spreading, uniting within the margin, prominent on the lower surface, venation remotely reticulate, somewhat prominent; petiole 2–2 1/2 lin. long. Stipules somewhat stiff, about equal in length to the petiole, puberulous. Male inflorescence sessile, many-flowered, 7–10 lin. long, 1 1/2–2 lin. thick. Peltate bract about 1/2 lin. in diam.; sepals about 1/2 lin. long. Female inflorescence very short; ovary about 2 1/2 lin. long; style with the 2 arms about 5 lin. long.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea Molundu; forest between Lokomo, Bumba and Bange at about 15° 15′ E. long., and 2° 50′ N. lat., Mildbraed, 4331.

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