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Synclisia zambesiaca

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Identification
Synclisia zambesiaca N.E.Br. [family MENISPERMACEAE ] Anisocycla blepharosepala Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Troupin, G.,
Related name
  • Anisocycla blepharosepala
  • Synclisia zambesiaca

Flora

Entry for Epinetrum delagoense N.E.Br. Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 150, (1960) Author: G. Troupin
Names
Synclisia zambesiaca N.E.Br. [family MENISPERMACEAE], loc. cit., pro parte quoad fl. masc.
Junodia triplinervia Pax [family MENISPERMACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 28: 22 (1899). Type: Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Junod 464 (B†).
Anisocycla triplinervia Pax Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 94: 93 (1910). Type as above.
Synclisia delagoensis N.E.Br. [family MENISPERMACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1892: 196 (1892). Type as above.
Epinetrum delagoense N.E.Br. Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 94: 95 (1910). TAB. 17 Type: Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Bolus 7632 (K, holotype).
Information
Rhizomatous shrublet or liane with greyish hairs. Leaf-lamina 4–9 x 2–5 cm., oblong-elliptic to broadly elliptic, narrowed at the base, mucronulate at the apex, subcoriaceous, glabrous except the nerves, pubescent on the upper face, puberulous on the lower face, discolorous, nerves 4 (6), the basal ones reaching the upper quarter of the lamina, petiole 1–1.5 cm. long. Male inflorescences in axillary cymules, 1–3-flowered, pedicels 2–3.5 mm. long; bracts 1.5 mm. long, linear-lanceolate. Male flowers with 6 sepals, the 3 outer 1.5–2.5 x 0.5 mm., narrowly lanceolate or ovate, the 3 inner 4.5–6 x 2.5–3.5 mm.; petals 6, 0.5–039 x 0.5–0.9 mm., cordate-reniform, inflexed at the base; synandrium 15–20-locular, 3–5.5 mm. long. Female flowers solitary; sepals and petals similar to those of the male flowers; carpels 6. Drupelets ellipsoid, 2.2 x 1.5 cm., ferruginous-tomentellous. Seeds 1.4 x 0.8–1 mm.
Habitat
On littoral sand.
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, between Zitunde and Ponta do Ouro, fr. 17.xi.1944, Mendonça 2899 (BM; LISC).Mozambique GI Inhambane, Homoine, fl. 29.viii.1942, Mendonça 18 (LISC).Mozambique MS near Dondo, fr. xii.1899, Cecil 261 (K).
Distribution (external)
Natal

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