Isotype of Trimeria trinervisHarv. [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sleumer, H., Aomalinece unrecordedunrecorded [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] Trimeria trinervisHarv. [family FLACOURTIACEAE ]
Related name
Trimeria grandifolia
Ochna atropurpurea
Trimeria trinervis
Aomalinece unrecorded
Flora
Entry for TRIMERIA trinervis Harv. [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 65, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
TRIMERIA trinervisHarv. [family FLACOURTIACEAE], Gen. p. 417.
Information
leaves ovate, acute or obtuse, serrate, nearly glabrous, 3–5-nerved at base; male and female spikes unbranched, perianth trimerous; stamens 9; filaments smooth. A much branched tree 15–20 feet high, with the habit of a Rhamnus. Young twigs pubescent. Leaves an inch long, variable in shape; the serratures callous. Both male and female flowers in minute, simple spikes. Bracts 3, at the base of each flower, minute, scale-like; 3 inner segments of perianth linear and petaloid, smooth; stamens in parcels of 3, opposite the inner segments. Capsules 1/8 inch long, 3 cornered.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Forests of the Van Staaden's mts., Zeyher. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook.)
Notes
ADDENDA : page 69, after P. trinervis, add Zey. 3989, Drege, 2352, E. & Z. Urtic. 2.
