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Tacazzea apiculata

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Name

Identification
Tacazzea apiculata Oliv. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Tacazzea welwitschii Baill. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Tacazzea nigritana
  • Tacazzea kirkii
  • Tacazzea apiculata
  • Tacazzea floribunda
  • Tacazzea welwitschii
  • Tacazzea barteri
  • Tacazzea thollonii
Common name
  • (Guinea-Bissau) mancahaneide (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • vak vãng (JB) (SENEGAL, SUSU’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • mäntä (JB) (SENEGAL, BADYARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • nhandurrabo (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BIDYOGO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • tèmba tèmb (JB) (SENEGAL, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • mãnkaranèdi (JB) ‘ (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • wak wange (GFSE) (GUINEA, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for TACAZZEA apiculata Oliv. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TACAZZEA apiculata Oliv. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], (1875). Fig. 96.
Information
Large liana; stems up to 20 m long; bark reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves opposite, somewhat leathery; petiole 1–6 mm long; blade ovate to broadly ovate or elliptic to broadly elliptic, (3–)6–10(–22) x (2–)3–7(–12) cm, obtuse-acuminate to obtuse or emarginate and mucronate at the apex, rounded to cordate at the base, glabrous to sparsely tomentose above, tertiary veins conspicuously netted, whitish to greyish tomentose below. Inflorescences slender and frail; peduncles 3–60 mm long, whitish tomentose; pedicels 2–15 mm long, puberulous. Sepals broadly ovate, 1.5 x 1.5 mm, pale green to brownish-red. Corolla pale green to pale yellow or reddish, glabrous; tube 0.5–1 mm long; lobes ovate, 5–7 x 2 mm, obtuse to acute. Corona-lobes 6–12 mm long, basally ovate, then filiform with apex sometimes 2- or 3-fid, yellowish or reddish. Follicles horizontal, narrowly ovoid with long-apiculate tip, 30–85 x 5–15 mm, hirsute or tomentose to softly puberulous or glabrous.
Range
S1 widely distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa.
Altitude range
c. 200 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Riva 1093.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia

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