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Rhamnus pauciflorus

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Name

Identification
Rhamnus pauciflorus Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family RHAMNACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Rhamnus prinoides L'Herit. [family RHAMNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Rhamnus pauciflorus
  • Rhamnus prinoides

Flora

Entry for RHAMNUS prinoides L'Hérit. [family RHAMNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 377, (1868) Author: (by Mr. W. B. Hemsley).
Names
RHAMNUS prinoides L'Hérit. [family RHAMNACEAE], DC. Prod. ii. 24. —Sert. Angl. 6. t. 9.
RHAMNUS pauciflorus Hochst. [family RHAMNACEAE], Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 137.
Information
A shrub or small tree, glabrous or young branches slightly puberulous. Leaves alternate, petiolate, varying from elliptical to ovate lanceolate or oblong, acutely acuminate, obtuse or narrowed to the base, serrate, 2–4 in. long, coriaceous, shining above. Flowers 5-merous, 2–4 together in the axils of the leaves; pedicels 4–6 lines long. Berry globular, 2–3 lines in diam., with 3 or 4 1-seeded pyrenes.
Range
Confined to E. and S. Africa, and very abundant in extratropical S. Africa, but we have seen no specimens from the intermediate country.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! and others.

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