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Schrebera goetzeana

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Schrebera goetzeana Gilg [family OLEACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Schrebera alata (Hochst.) Welw. [family OLEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Schrebera alata
  • Schrebera goetzeana

Flora

Entry for SCHREBERA goetzeana Gilg [family ]
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, (1952) Author: W. B. TURRILL
Names
SCHREBERA goetzeana Gilg [family ], in E.J. 28: 450, t. 8 (1900); l.c. 30: 72 (1901); F.T.A. 4: 16 (1902); E.P. IV. 243 II.: 102 (1920); T.T.C.L. 394 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, Uluguru Mts., Goetze 210 (K, iso.!)
Information
Shrub, 3–4 m. tall, glabrous (except inflorescence branches and calyx), with the youngest branches ochraceous yellow later becoming greyish-yellow. Leaves compound with two pairs of leaflets and an odd terminal leaflet; leaflets narrowly elliptic to slightly obovately lanceolate, attenuately subacute or rounded at apex, gradually cuneate to long cuneate at base, 1.5–4.2 cm. long, 1–1.8 cm. broad, margin entire, venation closely reticulate but scarcely prominent, chartaceous or subcoriaceous. Inflorescences cymose, branched, about 8 cm. long, bracteolate, puberulous, many-flowered. Calyx campanulate, puberulous. Corolla glabrous, white with brown-violet throat; tube 1 cm. long. Fruit pear-shaped, 2 cm. long, 1 cm. diameter, with woody valves. Seeds (including the unilateral wing) oblong-elliptic, 1.6 cm. long, 6 mm. broad.
Range
DISTR. T6 endemic on Uluguru Mts.
Altitude range
1000 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts., Goetze 210!
Notes
S. goetzeana Gilg is very close to S. alata (Hochst.) Welw. and may be no more than a variant of this species.

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