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Strychnos holstii

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Identification
Strychnos holstii Gilg [family LOGANIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Strychnos henningsii Gilg [family LOGANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg A.J.M., 1966
Related name
  • Strychnos ligustroides
  • Strychnos reticulata
  • Strychnos holstii
  • Strychnos henningsii

Flora

Entry for STRYCHNOS Holstii Gilg [family LOGANIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 503, (1904) Author: (By J. G. Baker.)
Names
STRYCHNOS Holstii Gilg [family LOGANIACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 310.
Information
A shrub or small tree; branchlets subquadrangular, whitish, glabrous. Leaves oblong, 1–2 in. long by about half as broad, quite glabrous, acute, narrowed to the base, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, triplinerved from the base, shortly petioled. Cymes short, axillary, 3–5-flowered. Calyx-segments 5, ovate. Corolla unknown. Berry globose, the size of a small cherry, 1-seeded, orange-yellow when dry.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Usambara; Masheua, Holst, 8833A.

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