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Terminalia cycloptera

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Name

Identification
Terminalia brownii Fresen. [family COMBRETACEAE ] (stored under name); Terminalia cycloptera R.Br. [family COMBRETACEAE ]
Related name
  • Terminalia brownii
  • Terminalia hemignosta
  • Terminalia cycloptera
  • Terminalia confertifolia
  • Terminalia brownei

Flora

Entry for TERMINALIA Brownii Fresen. [family COMBRETACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 413, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
TERMINALIA Brownii Fresen. [family COMBRETACEAE], in Mus. Senck. 1837, 152.
TERMINALIA confertifolia A. Rich. [family COMBRETACEAE], Fl. Abyss. i. 263.
TERMINALIA hemignosta Steud. [family COMBRETACEAE], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss.
TERMINALIA cycloptera R. Br. [family COMBRETACEAE], in Salt. Herb. Abyss.
Information
Small tree; bark ash-coloured. Leaves in large tufts at the tips of the branches, 3–6 in. long, broadly lanceolate or elliptic, acuminate, glabrous above, puberulous beneath and on the petioles. Samara broadly lanceolate or elliptic, variable in size, 1 1/2–3 in. long, purplish-red, glaucescent.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Tette, Dr. Kirk!Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
T. hemignosta is a variety with larger and more abundant pubescence, and smaller fruit.

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