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Amblygonocarpus andongensis

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Identification
Amblygonocarpus andongensis (Welw. ex Oliv.) Exell & Torre [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Amblygonocarpus andongensis
Common name
  • kyakamσmboe (FRI) (GHANA, GUANG-GONJA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kàlàngún dáájìì from kàlàngú: an hour-glass-shaped drum; dààjìì: the (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • jigarehi (auctt.) leggal jigãje (MM) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • nanzidow (Osnan fide FRI) nanzili (Osnan fide FRI) (GHANA, DAGBANI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Amblygonocarpus andongensis [family FABACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Amblygonocarpus andongensis [family FABACEAE]
Common names
Tetrapleura andongensis Welw. ex Oliv. in F.T.A. 2 : 331 (1871); Bak. f., Leg. Trop. Afr. 3 : 803 (1930). Type as above. T. obtusangula Welw. ex Oliv. in F.T.A. 2 : 331 (1871). Type: Angola, Cuanza Norte, Golungo Alto, Welwitsch 1751 (BM, drawing!). Amblygonocarpus schweinfurthii Harms in Bot. Jahrb. 26 : 255 (1899); Harms in Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3,1 : 396, t.277 (1915); Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5 : 363 (1916); Bak. f., Leg. Trop. Afr. 3 : 804 (1930). Syntypes: Sudan, Seriba Siber Ruchama, Schweinfurth ser. 11, 92 (Bt; BM!; K!); Seriba Agad, Schweinfurth 1692 (B t; BM!; K!); Angola, Malange, Marques 23 (Bt). A. obtusangulus (Welw. ex Oliv.) Harms in Bot. Jahrb. 26 : 256 (1899); Bak. f., Leg. Trop. Afr. 3 : 804 (1930); Brenan, Checklist Tang. Terr. 343 (1949); Gilbert & Boutique in F.C.B. 3 : 217 (1952); O. B. Miller in J.S. Afr. Bot. 18 : 28 (1952); Gomes e Sousa, Dendrol. Mocamb. Estudo Geral. 1 : 226, t. 31 (1966). Type as for Tetrapleura obtusan­gula.
Information
Unarmed tree up to 15 m high, glabrous throughout; bark greyish-brown to black, fissured, reticulate or scaly. Leaves bipin­nate, eglandular: petiole 4-7,5 cm long; rhachis 2-15 cm long; pinnae 2-5 opposite or subopposite pairs; rhachillae 6,5-15 cm long; leaflets 5-9 on each side of the rhachilla, alternate or sometimes subopposite, 1,2-2,5 x 0,7-1,5 cm, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, usually emarginate apically, on petiolules 1,5-3 mm long. Racemes (3)6-12 cm long, on peduncles 1-3 cm long, axillary. Flowers yellowish-white, on pedicels 1,5-3,5 mm long. Calyx cupular, very small, 0,5-1 mm long, usually 5-toothed. Petals free, 3-4 x 0,8-1 mm. Stamens usually 10, filaments 5-6 mm long; anthers eglandular. Ovary up to 2,5 mm long, very shortly stipitate. Pods 8-17 x 1,8-3 cm, straight or nearly so, bluntly tetragonal or subterete in section, brown, glossy, woody, indehis­cent, rounded or pointed apically. Seeds elliptic, 10-13 x 7-8 x 4-5 mm.
Habitat
More material of this species from our area is required.
Use
Amblygonocarpus andongensis (Welw. ex Oliv.) Exell & Torre in Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2,29 : 42 (1955); Torre in C.F.A. 2 : 264 (1956); Keay in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1 : 492 (1958); Brenan in F.T.E.A. Legum.-Mimos. : 34, fig. 9 (1959); F. White, For. Fl. N. Rhod. 90 (1962); Brenan & Brummitt in F.Z. 3,1 : 35, t. 8 (1970); Palmer & Pitman, Trees S. Afr. 2 : 823 (1973). Type: Angola, Cuanza Norte, Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch 618 (LISU, ? hole; BM!; K!; P!).
Range
Widely distributed in the savanna regions of tropical Africa from Ghana to the Sudan, and south­wards to the Caprivi Strip, Botswana, Rhodesia and Mozambique. Occurs in deciduous woodland.

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