Compilation
Strombosiopsis tetrandra

19 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Strombosiopsis congolensis De Wild. & T.Durand [family OLACACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Strombosiopsis tetrandra Engl. [family OLACACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Strombosiopsis congolensis
  • Strombosiopsis tetrandra

Flora

Entry for STROMBOSIOPSIS tetrandra Engl. [family OLACACEAE]
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, (1968) Author: G. Ll. Lucas
Names
STROMBOSIOPSIS tetrandra Engl. [family OLACACEAE], in E. & P. Pf., Nachtr. zum II–IV: 148 (1897) & in N.B.G.B. 5, App. 21, 1: 8, fig. (on p. 6) (1909); Louis & J. Léon, in F.C.B. 1: 271(1948); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 649 (1958). Types: Cameroun Republic, Lolodorf, Staudt & Yaoundé [Jaunde], Zenker 326 & Bipindi, Zenker 1580 & 2657 (all B, syn.!)
STROMBOSIOPSIS congolensis De Wild. & Th. Dur. [family OLACACEAE], in B.S.B.B. 38: 187 (1899); Engl, in E.J. 43: 169 (1909). Type: Congo Republic, Mbandaka [Coquilhatville], Dewèvre 593 (BR, holo. !)
STROMBOSIOPSIS tetrandra (De Wild. & Th. Dur.) De Wild. var. congolensis [family OLACACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. Sér. 5, 3: 71 (1909)
Information
Trees up to 30 m. high, fluted at base of trunk; young branches fluted; bark dark red to brown. Petiole 1–2 cm. long, canaliculate; leaf-blade coriaceous, dull green, elliptic, ovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 5–25 cm. long, 2.5–9 cm. wide, shortly acuminate, ± rounded at the base; midrib and secondary veins prominent beneath; tertiary veins typically parallel and prominent beneath. Inflorescence axillary, borne on a short shoot 5–10 mm. long; pedicels 2–3 mm. long in flower, elongating up to 1 cm. in fruit. Flowers white to cream, 4-merous. Calyx green with 4 ± deltoid lobes. Petals 4, oblong-lanceolate, 4–5 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide. Stamens 4; filaments adnate to petals for most of their length. Ovary semi-inferior, embedded in receptacle, 3–4-locular; ovules elongate. Fruit ellipsoid, 2.5–3.5 cm. long, 2–3 cm. across, embedded in swollen receptacle so that a ridge, bearing the sepal scars, is created almost at apex of fruit. Fig. 5.
Range
DISTR. U2 westwards through the Congo Republic to Nigeria and southwards into Angola
Altitude range
1200 m.
Distribution
UGANDA Kigezi District Ishasha Gorge, 1951, Purseglove 3594 !
Notes
This single gathering from the Flora area comes from an area with many West African affinities and is probably the most easterly point of distribution. More material is badly needed !

Related Materials