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Rhamnus pauciflora

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Identification
Rhamnus prinoides L'Hér. [family RHAMNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vent, W., Rhamnus pauciflora Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family RHAMNACEAE ]
Related name
  • Rhamnus pauciflora
  • Scutia pauciflora
  • Rhamnus prinoides

Flora

Entry for RHAMNUS prinoïdes L’Hérit. [family RHAMNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1972) Author: MARSHALL C. JOHNSTON (University of Texas Herbarium)
Names
RHAMNUS prinoïdes L’Hérit. [family RHAMNACEAE], Sert. Angl.: 6, t. 9 (1788); Hemsl. in F.T.A. 1: 382 (1868); P.O.A. C: 255 (1895); Fiori in Rev. Agric. Subtrop. & Tropic. 5, Suppl. 12: 14 (1912); Engl. in Z.A.E.: 489 (1914) & in V.E.: 311 (1921); Staner in B.J.B.B. 15: 403 (1939); T.T.C.L.: 468 (1949); I.T.U., ed. 2: 325 (1952); Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 191–256 (1953); Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 2: 31 (1956); Verdc. in B.J.B.B. 27: 358 (1957); F.W.T.A.. ed. 2. 1: 670 (1958); E.P.A.: 501 (1960); Evrard in F.C.B. 9: 433 (1960); K.T.S.: 391 (1961); F.F.N.R,: 227 (1962); R.B. Drummond in F.Z. 2: 427, fig. 89/B (1966). Type: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Masson (G-DC, holo. !, M, probable iso. !)
RHAMNUS pauciflora A. Rich. [family RHAMNACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 137 (1847), as “ pauciflorus ”; Suesseng. in E. & P. Pf., ed. 2, 20d: 65 (1953). Type: Ethiopia, Semien, Adesula [Add’silam], 4 Sept, 1838, Schimper II.1276 (P, holo. !, L, M, S, iso. !)
RHAMNUS prinoïdes Kuntze var. acuminata [family RHAMNACEAE], Rev. Gen. 3(2): 39 (1898), as “ acuminatus ”. Type: South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria, 17 Feb. 1894, Kuntze (NY, holo. !)
RHAMNUS prinoïdes Kuntze var. obtusifolia [family RHAMNACEAE], Rev. Gen. 3(2): 39 (1898), as “ obtusifolius ”. Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Cathcart, 25 Feb. 1894, Kuntze (NY, holo. !)
Information
Shrubs or trees up to 8 m. tall, the branches sometimes scrambling or sprawling. Year-old branches blackish, lenticellate, glabrate; youngest twigs usually minutely pubescent with dark spreading hairs. Leaf-blades elliptic-ovate to ovate-elliptic or narrowly so, (1–)2–10 cm. long, (8–)14–40 mm. wide, rounded to cuneate at base, acuminate, firm, lustrous, nearly glabrous except for minute hairs on the major nerves beneath, glandular-serrulate, on each side of midrib with 4–6 secondary nerves which are impressed above, prominulent beneath; petioles (3–)5–10 mm. long. Stipules subulate, 3–5 mm. long, minutely pubescent, caducous. Flowers rarely solitary, usually in fascicles of 2–3(–8), 5-merous; pedicels filiform, minutely pubescent, 3–10 mm. long in flower, 7–15 mm. in fruit. Cup minutely pubescent externally, 2 mm. wide. Sepals ± 2 mm. long. Petals spatulate, ± 1 mm. long, or usually absent in East African populations. Fruit nearly globose, 5–6 mm. thick, reddish. Fig. 6.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K1, 3–6; T2–7 Ethiopia to South Africa (Cape Province) and W. to Cameroun and Angola
Altitude range
700–3700 m.
Distribution
KENYA Elgon, 22 Mar. 1931, Lugard 576!KENYA N. Kavirondo District W. Kakamega Forest Reserve, 13 July 1960, Paulo 553!;KENYA Masai District Olopito near Rotian, 15 Feb. 1952, Mackay in Bally 8095 !TANGANYIKA Masai District Longido Mt., 16 Jan. 1936, Greenway 4376!;TANGANYIKA Moshi District N. Kilimanjaro, Kitenden, 4 Sept. 1950, Carmichael 39 !TANGANYIKA Lushoto, 14 Mar. 1956, Makwila 13 !UGANDA Kigezi District Mt. Mgahinga, 22 Oct. 1929, Snowden 1586 !;UGANDA Mbale District Butandiga, 14 July 1924, Snowden 911 !;UGANDA Mengo District 16 km. on Kampala-Bombo trail, Jan. 1938. Chandler 2108 !
Notes
Mr. J. B. Gillett (in litt.) says the species probably occurs in the Teita Hills (K7), but there are no specimens to document this.

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