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Schrebera latialata

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Name

Identification
Schrebera latialata Gilg [family OLEACEAE ] Schrebera alata (Hochst.) Welw. [family OLEACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Schrebera alata
  • Schrebera latialata
  • Schrebera saundersiae

Flora

Entry for SCHREBERA Saundersiæ Harv. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 478, (1909) Author: By W. H. HARVEY, with additions by C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
SCHREBERA Saundersiæ Harv. [family ], Thes. ii. 40, t. 163
SCHREBERA latialata Gilg [family ], in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 73.
Information
petiole with a narrow wing; leaflets 3–5, sessile, oblong-lanceolate or ovate, scarcely oblique at the base, obtusely acuminate; calyx glabrous, truncate or very minutely denticulate. A partly scandent large shrub, or small tree 25–30 ft. high. Leaflets 1 1/2–2 in. long, 3/4–1 in. wide, the terminal larger, all subcoriaceous, netted-veined beneath, Panicle many-flowered, trichotomously much-branched. Bracts 2 lin. long, deciduous. Corolla 4 times longer than the calyx, the lobes commonly 6, white, with dark purple velvety patches at the base forming a star in the centre of the flower. Stamens exserted.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Durban, Gerrard, 1153! Berea, near Durban, Wood, 5201! Inanda, Wood, 819! and without precise locality, Cooper, 3030!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5950!
Notes
I have hesitated whether or not to keep this distinct from the Abyssinian S. alata (Nathusia alata, Hochst.!), with which it agrees in many particulars. That species, however, is said to be a “tall tree.” A fruiting specimen of it in the Dublin Herbarium is much more robust, with larger leaves than the Natal plant, but otherwise similar; I have not seen its flowers.— W. H. H.

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