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Ricinodendron tomentellum

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Name

Identification
Ricinodendron schliebenii Mildbr. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Ricinodendron tomentellum Hutch.&E.A.Bruce [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Ricinodendron schliebenii
  • Ricinodendron heudelotii
  • Ricinodendron tomentellum

Flora

Entry for Ricinodendron heudelotii var. tomentellum Hutch. & E.A. Bruce Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Ricinodendron heudelotii var. tomentellum Hutch. & E.A. Bruce Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 27: 507 (1972). —Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs Lianas: 220 (1994). Type from Kenya (Coast Province).
Ricinodendron tomentellum Hutch. & E.A. Bruce [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1931: 270 (1931). —Battiscombe, Trees & Shrubs of Kenya Colony: 50 (1936).
Ricinodendron schliebenii Mildbr. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 516 (1935). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 225 (1949). Type from Tanzania (Southern Province).
Information
Leaf segments persistently densely fulvous stellate-tomentose on lower surface.
Habitat
In open Parinari woodland on red clay soil
Altitude range
800 m.
800
800
Distribution
Mozambique N 3 km Mueda–Nantulo, st. 15.iv.1964, Torre & Paiva 12043 (LISC).
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
Notes
The seeds are edible.Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. heudelotii occurs in West Africa from Guinea Bissau to Ghana.It differs from subsp. africanum in having fewer leaf segments per leaf (3–5 as opposed to (3)5–7(8)), 3-locular ovaries and (2)3-locular fruits as opposed to 2(3)-locular ones.

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