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Sloetiopsis usambarensis

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Name

Identification
Neosloetiopsis kamerunensis Engl. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Sloetiopsis usambarensis Engl. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Streblus usambarensis
  • Sloetiopsis usambarensis
  • Neosloetiopsis kamerunensis

Flora

Entry for SLOETIOPSIS usambarensis Engl. [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 2, page 17, (1916) Author: (By J. HUTCHINSON AND A. B. Rendle)
Names
SLOETIOPSIS usambarensis Engl. [family MORACEAE], l.c. with fig.
Information
A small tree 10–13 ft. high; twigs slender, slightly flexuous, minutely puberulous as are also the petioles. Leaves stiff, subcoriaceous, narrowly elliptic, apex acuminate, base obtuse, margin remotely and shortly dentate above the middle, 2 1/2–4 3/4 in. long, 3/4–1 1/2 in. wide; lateral nerves about 10 on each side, spreading, connected a little within the margin; petiole about 2 lin. long. Male inflorescences up to 14 lin. long, the androgynous ones 5 lin. Bracts about 1 1/2 lin. in diam. Male flowers: sepals broadly elliptic, about 3/4 lin. long, minutely puberulous on back and margin. Female flowers: sepals oblong to ovate, 1 and 1 1/2 lin. long, puberulous as in the male. Ovary with style 1 1/2 lin. long; stigmas 1 1/2 lin. long.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; in deep shade of forest at Mombo, about 2100 ft., Engler, 3263.

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