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Uvaria fruticosa

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Identification
Uvaria fruticosa Engl. [family ANNONACEAE ] Verified by Engler, Uvaria lucida Benth. [family ANNONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt, B., Uvaria kirkii Oliv. ex Engl. & Diels [family ANNONACEAE ]
Related name
  • Uvaria kirkii
  • Uvaria lucida
  • Uvaria fruticosa

Flora

Entry for UVARIA lucida subsp. lucida [family ANNONACEAE]
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, (1971) Author: B. Verdcourt
Names
UVARIA lucida subsp. lucida [family ANNONACEAE]
UVARIA fruticosa Engl. [family ANNONACEAE], P.O.A. C: 178 (1895). Type: Tanganyika, Tanga, Holst 2822 (B, holo., K, iso.!)
UVARIA kirkii [family ANNONACEAE], sensu Engl. & Diels, E.M. 6: 19 (1901), quoad syn. pro parte, non Hook. f.
UVARIA dielsii R. E. Fries [family ANNONACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 9: 320 (1925); K.T.S.: 39 (1961). Type: E. Mt. Kenya, Chuka, Fries 1985 (UPS, holo.!, K, iso.!)
Information
Leaves mostly relatively broad, obtuse to shortly acuminate at the apex, drying pale green in colour. Indumentum of calyx and monocarps mostly pale brown or orange-brown. Calyx, petals, stamens and monocarps with dimensions towards the lower of the limits given.
Range
DISTR. K4, 7; T3, 6, 8; Z; ?P not known elsewhere
Altitude range
0–600(–1500) m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, Gardner in F.D. 1439!KENYA Mombasa, Nov. 1884, Wakefield !;KENYA Kilifi District 40 km. NW. of Malindi, Marafa. 18 Nov. 1961, Polhill & Paulo 780!TANGANYIKA Handeni District Kideleko, 22 Apr. 1954, Faulkner 1414! & Kideleko Rock, 4 July 1954, Faulkner 1477!;TANGANYIKA Tanga District Nyamaku, 19 Apr. 1958, Faulkner 2138!;TANGANYIKA Lindi District Nachingwea, 21 Dec. 1952, Anderson 825!ZANZIBAR Zanzibar I., near aerodrome, 17 June 1950, R. 0. Williams 36!
Notes
The occurrence of this coastal subspecies inland in Kenya at Chuka is unusual, although it does reach this altitude at Mtai in the Usambara Mts., where, however, there is not the same intervening wide belt of arid country. No further material from Chuka has been seen and it should be looked for.Two specimens have been seen from Kenya (Kwale District, 12.8 km. WSW. of Gazi, Mafisini, Buda Forest, 16 Aug. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3804! and on Lungalunga-Msambweni road, forest between Umba and Mwena Rivers, 18 Aug. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3860!) in which the leaves attain 14.5 × 7.5 cm., are distinctly acuminate and have the lateral nerves impressed above as in U. angolensis.

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