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Olea chimanimani

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Name

Identification
Olea woodiana Knobl. [family OLEACEAE ] Olea chimanimani Kupicha [family OLEACEAE ] (stored under name); Olea africana Mill. [family OLEACEAE ] Olea exasperata Jacq. [family OLEACEAE ]
Related name
  • Olea chimanimani
  • Olea woodiana
  • Olea exasperata
  • Olea africana

Flora

Entry for Olea chimanimani Kupicha [family OLEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 7, Part 1, page 300, (1983) Author: F. K. Kupicha
Names
Olea chimanimani Kupicha [family OLEACEAE], in Kew Bull. 34 71, fig. 1 & map 1 (1979). TAB. 74. Type: Zimbabwe, Chimanimani Mts., Stonehenge, c. 0–4 km. W. of Mountain Hut, 1710 m., fl. 28.xii.1959, Goodier & Phipps 308 (K, holotype; PRE; SRGH, isotypes).
Information
Shrub or small tree 2–3 m. high. Young stems glabrous, ± terete, bark grey, fairly smooth. Leaves thinly coriaceous; petiole 4–6 mm. long; lamina 2·4–7·5 x 0·5–1·4 cm., oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, with apex obtuse, acute or acuminate and tipped with a small hard point, base acuminate; upper surface glossy dark green, with midrib level or slightly raised and lateral nerves faintly visible or obscure; lower surface mat, paler, with prominent midrib and lateral nerves completely obscure; both surfaces punctate, scales absent; margin not or slightly revolute, not undulate. Inflorescence a many–flowered paniculate cyme, terminal and in axils of upper 2 (3) leaf–pairs, slightly exceeding subtending leaf; bracts 0·5–1·5 mm. long, subulate. Calyx c. 0·75 mm. long, cup–shaped, deeply 4–lobed, lobes triangular. Corolla c. 2 mm. long, whitish or cream–coloured; lobes ovate, obtuse, shortly united at base. Anthers c. 1–1·5 mm. long. Gynoecium c. 1·5 mm. long. Fruit 6·8 x 5·6 mm. (when dry), oblong–ellipsoid or subglobose. Seed solitary, pendulous.
Habitat
In scrub vegetation among quartzite crags.
Range
Not known outside this limited area.
Distribution
Mozambique MS Chimanimani Mts., fr. immat. 1973, Button 77 (LMA).Zimbabwe E Chimanimani Mts., 1560 m., fl. 14.i.1974, Bamps, Symoens & Vanden Berghen 830 (LISC; PRE; SRGH).

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