Pittosporum abyssinicumHochst. ex Delile [family PITTOSPORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Isotype of Pittosporum lanatusHutch. & E.A.Bruce [family PITTOSPORACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
Pittosporum viridiflorum
Pittosporum abyssinicum
Pittosporum dalzielii
Pittosporum unrecorded
Pittosporum feddeanum
Pittosporum cardiocarpum
Pittosporum lanatus
Flora
Entry for PITTOSPORUM abyssinicum Delile [family PITTOSPORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 123, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
PITTOSPORUM abyssinicumDelile [family PITTOSPORACEAE], in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2. xx. 89. —Rich. Fl. Abyss. Atlas, t. xi.
Information
Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, apex obtuse or rather acute, narrowed below into the petiole, at first more or less covered especially on the midrib with an early deciduous rusty tomentum or appressed pubescence, at length nearly or quite glabrous, 2–4 in. long, 3/4–1 1/2 in. broad; petiole up to 3/4 in. or more. Flowers usually in umbellate clusters, crowded in dense terminal corymbose panicles, shorter than the surrounding leaves, about 1/4– 1/3 in. long. Ovate sepals more or less rusty-tomentose outside. Ovary shortly pilose. Capsule globose or ellipsoidal, sometimes abruptly and shortly narrowed at the base, nearly smooth or minutely tubercled, 2–5 lines diam.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Roth! and others;Bahr-el-Abiad Nile Land (Schweinf. et Asch. Enum.).
Notes
Very nearly allied to, if indeed specifically distinct from, P. viridiflorum, Sims, of the Cape.
