Isotype of Memecylon stolziiEngl. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Warneckea sansibarica(Taub.) Jacq.-Fel. [family MELASTOMATACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Stone R.D., 2006
Related name
Memecylon stolzii
Warneckea sansibarica
Memecylon unrecorded
Memecylon sansibaricum
Memecylon majungense
Strychnos unrecorded
Memecylon zambesiense
Memecylon buchananii
Memecylon lutambense
Memecylon melindense
Memecylon sp.
Flora
Entry for WARNECKEA sansibarica (Taub.) Jac.-Fél. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Memecylon sansibaricumTaub. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1895). [type as above]
Information
Evergreen shrub or tree. Leaf-blade ovate, 1.4–9.5(–12) x 1.2–5(–6.4) cm, obtuse to acuminate at the apex; petiole 1–4(–6) mm long. Flowers pedicellate, in axillary clusters. Calyx 1–1.5 mm long with short lobes. Petals 1.5–3 mm long, white turning blue. Fruit 5–8(–10) mm in diam., bluish.
Range
S3
Altitude range
c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam S. Hassan 4978.
