CAUCANTHUS edulis Forssk. [family MALPIGHIACEAE]

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]
Names
CAUCANTHUS edulis Forssk. [family MALPIGHIACEAE], (1775). Fig. 149.
CAUCANTHUS squarrosus Fiori var. benadirensis [family MALPIGHIACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1915: 49 (1915);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Stefanini & Puccioni 82 (FT holo.).
CAUCANTHUS edulis (Fiori) Chiov. var. benadirensis [family MALPIGHIACEAE], in Fl. Somala 1: 110 (1929);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Stefanini & Puccioni 82 (FT holo.).
Tristellateia somalensis Chiov. [family MALPIGHIACEAE], (1916);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Paoli 101 (FT holo.).
Tristellateia africana (Chiov.) Arènes var. somalensis [family MALPIGHIACEAE], in Mém. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris, n. sér., 21: 311 (1947);. type: S2, Mogadishu, Paoli 101 (FT holo.).
Information
Shrub or woody climber to 3 m tall; young stems sparsely hairy. Leaf-blade broadly ovate to subcircular, 5–12 x 5–12 mm, rounded to slightly emarginate at the apex, or young leaves subacute, sparsely pubescent with appressed hairs on both surfaces; petiole 2–8 mm long. Flowers in few to many-flowered clusters; pedicels sparsely pubescent. Sepals narrowly ovate, c. 1.5 mm long, sparsely pubescent. Petals white, c. 6.5–7 mm long, shortly clawed. Styles usually 3, 2.5–3 mm long. Samara subcircular to broadly elliptic, 1.5–3 x 1.5–2.5 cm, subglabrous.
Range
N1–3; C1; S2
Altitude range
30–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 5549; Thulin & Warfa 4714; Hemming 1707.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
S Arabia
Notes
Marmarood, sagara salal (Som.).
CAUCANTHUS edulis Forssk. [family MALPIGHIACEAE]
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