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Xylia africana

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Name

Identification
Xylia africana Harms [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Xylia torreana
  • Xylia africana
  • Xylia mendoncae

Flora

Entry for XYLIA africana Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
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, (1959) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
XYLIA africana Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in E.J. 40: 20, 21 (fig.) (1907); L.T.A.: 810 (1930); T.T.C.L.: 348 (1949). Types: Tanganyika, Uzaramo District, Pugu Hills, Holtz 1065 (B, syn. †) & Busse 57 (B, syn. †) & Engler 3622 (B, syn. †); Lindi District, Netibi, Busse 2477 (B, syn. †, EA, isosyn.!)
Information
Small or medium tree 5–15(–20) m. high. Young branchlets puberulous or shortly pubescent. Leaves: petiole 3–10 cm. long; pinnae 8–18 cm. long; leaflets 4–9 pairs, 3.5–10 cm. long, 1.5–4.5 cm. wide, obovate-elliptic to oblong or ovate, narrowed or shortly acuminate at apex, obtuse rounded or subacute at base and usually very shortly narrowed into the petiole, glabrous above, very shortly and sparsely puberulous or subglabrous beneath, or the midrib pubescent. Flowers white, in heads on 2–4 cm. long peduncles; pedicels thick, inconspicuous and extremely short, 1–1.5 mm. long or less. Calyx silky-puberulous on the lobes, otherwise sparingly hairy or almost glabrous, 2.5 mm. long. Corolla 3–3.5 mm. long; lobes silky-pubescent outside. Pods oblong or more usually obliquely obovate-oblong or obovate, narrowed at base, obtuse or rounded at apex, 9–13 cm. long, 5.5–6 cm. wide. Seeds 16–17 mm. long, 10 mm. wide, glossy.
Range
DISTR. T6, 8;?
Altitude range
about 150–300 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Kilosa, Nov.–Dec. 1920, Swynnerton 704!;TANGANYIKA Masasi District Nyengedi, 23 Mar. 1943, Gillman 1230!;TANGANYIKA Lindi District Lake Lutamba, 3 Oct. 1934, Schlieben 5428!
Distribution (external)
Portuguese East Africa
Notes
Most material from Portuguese East Africa, as well as Southern Rhodesian and Transvaal specimens named X. africana, appears to belong to another species (X. torreana Brenan).

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