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Trochomeria dalzielii

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Identification
Trochomeria dalzielii Hutch. [family CUCURBITACEAE ]
Related name
  • Trochomeria dalzielii
Common name
  • basgo (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA (West)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • akwalu (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • alalata (Fox) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for TROCHOMERIA macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa [family CUCURBITACEAE]
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, (1967) Author: C. Jeffrey
Names
TROCHOMERIA macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Zehneria macrocarpa Sond. [family CUCURBITACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 2: 488 (1862)
Trochomeria macroura Hook. f. [family CUCURBITACEAE], in F.T.A. 2: 525 (1871); F.W.T.A. 1: 177 (1927) & ed. 2, 1: 207 (1954). Type: N. Nigeria, Nupe, Barter 1524 (K, holo.!)
Trochomeria macrocarpa Cogn. var. kirkii [family CUCURBITACEAE], in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 399 (1881). Type: S. Malawi, Chiradzulu [Chiradzura], Kirk (K, holo.!)
Trochomeria djurensis Gilg [family CUCURBITACEAE], in E.J. 34: 343 (1904); F.P.S. 1: 183 (1950). Types: Sudan Republic, Bahr el Ghazal, Djur, Schweinfurth 144, 1560 (B, syn. †)
Trochomeria macrocarpa Cogn. var. longipetiolata (sphalm. longipetala) [family CUCURBITACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss., sér. 2, 6: 830 (1906); Burtt Davy, Man. Fl. Pl. Ferns Transv. 1: 225 (1926). Type: South Africa, Transvaal, Hermannskraal, Schlechter 4206 (Z, holo.)
Trochomeria verdickii De Wild. [family CUCURBITACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. 5, 3: 144, t. 22 (1909). Type: Congo Republic, Katanga, Lukafu, Verdick 208 (BR, holo.)
Trochomeria longipetala A. Zimm. [family CUCURBITACEAE], Cucurbitac. 2: 185, 4, 5, 18, 33, 47, 59, 61, 70, 83, 102, 114, 131, figs. 14, 23, 31/2–4, 52/11, 63/5, 76/24–25, 81/15 (1922). Type: Tanganyika, Lushoto District, Monga, Zimmermann (EA, lecto.!)
Trochomeria nudiflora Burtt Davy [family CUCURBITACEAE], Man. Fl. Pl. Ferns Transv. 1: 51, 225 (1926). Type: South Africa, Transvaal, Shilouvane, Junod 652 (K, holo.!)
Trochomeria dalzielii Hutch. [family CUCURBITACEAE], F.W.T.A. 1: 177 (1927) & ed. 2, 1: 207 (1954). Type: N. Nigeria, Kontagora, Dalziel 280 (K, holo.!)
Trochomeria harmsiana Bullock [family CUCURBITACEAE], in K.B. 1932: 490 (1932). Type: Kenya, Elgon, Lugard & Lugard 143 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
Information
Stipuliform bracts absent, or if present then fruit subglobose.
Range
DISTR. U1–3; K1–4, 6, 7; T1–8 Senegal eastwards to the Sudan Republic and southern Ethiopia, thence southwards to the Transvaal; in Angola and South West Africa the subsp. vitifolia (Hook. f.) R. & A. Fernandes
Altitude range
120–2550 m.
Distribution
KENYA Elgeyo District Marakwet, Sept. 1958, Lindsay 130!KENYA Machakos District Kibwezi plains, 15 May 1938, Bally 18!KENYA Teita District Bura, Sept.-Oct. 1938, Joanna!TANGANYIKA Moshi District Engare Nairobi, 19 June 1944, Greenway!TANGANYIKA Handeni District about 5 km. S. of Mziha R., 20 Nov. 1955, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7341! & 7342!TANGANYIKA Dodoma District Kazikazi, 17 Dec. 1933, B. D. Burtt 4966!UGANDA Karamoja District Mt. Moroto, Feb. 1959, J. Wilson 678!UGANDA Ankole District Ruizi R., 22 Feb. 1951, Jarrett 65!UGANDA Teso District Serere, Dec. 1931, Chandler 226!
Notes
Plants from higher altitudes (1800–2500 m.) in the Elgon and Mt. Moroto areas differ from the typical T. macrocarpa in the rest of East Africa in possessing distinct stipuliform bracts at the petiole bases. These forms, which occupy a distinct area and have a higher altitude tolerance than the typical forms, have been distinguished as a separate species, T. harmsiana Bullock. They also differ from typical T. macrocarpa in the relatively shorter and broader receptacle-tubes and corolla-lobes, shorter-pedicelled always solitary ♂ flowers, and in their more nearly globose fruit. However, intermediates in the surrounding regions connect these forms with the typical one.

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