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Terminalia semlikiensis

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Identification
Terminalia semlikiensis De Wild. [family COMBRETACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Terminalia brownii Fresen. [family COMBRETACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Liben L., 1964
Related name
  • Terminalia brownii
  • Terminalia semlikiensis

Flora

Entry for TERMINALIA brownii Fresen. [family COMBRETACEAE]
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, (1973) Author: G. E. WICKENS
Names
TERMINALIA brownii Fresen. [family COMBRETACEAE], in Mus. Senckenb. 2: 152, t. 9/1 (1837); Laws. in F.T.A. 2: 415 (1871); Engl. & Diels in E.M. 4: 17, fig. 8/A (1900); T.S.K., ed. 2: 31 (1936); F.P.S. 1: 210, fig. 115 (1950); I.T.U., ed. 2: 90 (1952); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 279 (1954); Griffiths in J.L.S. 55: 893, fig. 26 (1959); K.T.S.: 151, fig. 30/b (1961); Liben in F.C.B., Combr.: 100 (1968). Type: N. Ethiopia, Temben-Simen, Rueppell (FR, holo.)
TERMINALIA brownii Bagshawe & Bak. f. var. albertensis [family COMBRETACEAE], in J.B. 46: 7 (1908); Burtt Davy, Check-lists Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 37 (1935). Types: Uganda, Toro District, Semliki R., Bagshawe 1291 (BM, syn.!) & Dawe 634 (BM, syn., K, isosyn. !) & Mizizi R., Bagshawe 1319 (BM, syn. !)
TERMINALIA semlikiensis De Wild. [family COMBRETACEAE], Pl. Bequaert. 4: 346 (1928). Type: Zaire, Semliki valley, Kasonsero, Bequaert 5050 (BR, holo., K, photo. !)
TERMINALIA sp. [family COMBRETACEAE], sensu Burtt Davy, Cheek-lists Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 37 (1935), pro specim. A. S. Thomas 393 !
Information
Tree 7–13(–25) m. high; bark greyish, longitudinally fissured; branchlets grey, fibrous; young shoots tomentose, becoming glabrous. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina elliptic-obovate to broadly obovate, 6–16 cm. long, 3–8 cm. wide, apex obtuse to shortly acuminate, base acute to obtuse, sericeous-tomentose when young, becoming pilose beneath; lateral nerves 7–11 pairs; petiole 1.5–2(–4) cm. long. Inflorescences of axillary spikes up to 12 cm. long; peduncle 1.5–2 cm. long, tomentose. Flowers white or cream, fragrant, glabrous outside. Fruit reddish purple, broadly elliptic to ovate, 3.5–5.5 cm. long, 2.2–4 cm. wide, apex obtuse to rounded, emarginate, base acute to obtuse, glabrous, purplish red to brown; stipe 5–7 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U1–3; K1–7; T2, 5, 6
Altitude range
730–2000 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Ngare Narok, 27 Apr. 1944, J. Bally 56!;KENYA Baringo District Marigat-Kabarnet, 30 Oct. 1964, Leippert 5256!;KENYA Machakos District Lukenya, 17 Aug. 1958, Napper 751 !TANGANYIKA Mbulu District Minjingu, 4 Jan. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1047 !;TANGANYIKA Moshi District Himo road, 14 June 1954, Hughes 198!TANGANYIKA Kilosa, Nov. 1952, Semsei 1047!UGANDA Karamoja District Mt. Moroto, Apr. 1964, J. Wilson 1687 !;UGANDA Toro District Sempaya R., 5 Dec. 1962, Styles 250 !;UGANDA Mbale District Buligenyi, 29 Aug. 1932, A. S. Thomas 393 !
Distribution (external)
Nigeria
eastern Zaire
Sudan
Ethiopia
the Somali Republic

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