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Uapaca bossenge

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Name

Identification
Uapaca bossenge De Wild. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Uapaca heudelotii Baill. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Breteler F. J., 2011
Related name
  • Uapaca heudelotii
  • Uapaca bossenge

Flora

Entry for UAPACA Bossenge De Wild. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 441, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
UAPACA Bossenge De Wild. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Études Fl. Baset Moyen-Congo, ii. 271, t. 70, figs. 1–4.
Information
A much-branched tree; branchlets glabrous when mature. Leaves obovate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, somewhat cuneate at the base, 4–6 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–2 1/4 in. broad, glabrous on both surfaces; lateral nerves 10–12 on each side; stipules soon falling off; petiole 3/4–1 1/4 in. long. Male flower-heads axillary; peduncle 1/2– 3/4 in. long. Involucral bracts obovate, 5 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, glabrous. Calyx glabrous, subentire or undulate. Filaments glabrous. Rudimentary ovary glabrous, gradually widened into a flat top, reaching the top of the calyx-tube. Female flowers not known.
Distribution
Congo South Central near Eala, Laurent, 128.
Notes
Native name “bessenge.”

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