BERLINIA orientalis Brenan [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]

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, (1967) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
BERLINIA orientalis Brenan [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in K.B. 17: 211, fig. 2 (1963). Type: Mozambique mouth of Msalo [Msalu] R., Allen 35 (K, holo. !)
BERLINIA auriculata [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], [sensu T.T.C.L.: 89 (1949), non Benth.]
Information
Tree 8–18 m. high, with glabrous branchlets. Leaflets in 2–4 pairs, ovate, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 4.5–16.5 cm. long, 2.5–7 cm. wide, glabrous or nearly so, obtuse or obtusely subacuminate at apex. Racemes 3–11 cm. long, ± aggregated into terminal panicles. Pedicels 1.5–3 cm. long, tomentellous, as are the obovate 2–3 cm. long and 1–1.4 cm. wide bracteoles; the latter tomentellous inside also. Hypanthium 0.8–1.2 cm. long, glabrous or nearly so outside. Upper petal 3.5–4.5 cm. long, with a lamina 2–2.5 cm. long and 2.5–3.8 cm. wide which is white flushed with green in the central part; other petals 1–1.7 cm. long, with linear laminae 7–13 mm. long and 1–1.5 mm. wide. Pods large, pale brown. Fig. 29/1–6, p. 144.
Range
DISTR. T8 (but see note below)
Altitude range
60–450 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Masasi, Nyengedi, 23 Mar. 1943, Gillman 1231!TANGANYIKA Newala District Kitama, 12 Dec. 1942, Gillman 1067 !TANGANYIKA Mikindani District about 7 km. inland from Mtwara, Nov. 1953, Eggeling 6741 !
Distribution (external)
; Mozambique
Notes
Pitt [ Pitt-Schenkel ]948 !, from Tanganyika, Bukoba District, 1933, appears to be conspecific. It seems highly improbable that B. orientalis should occur as a native in Bukoba District, and unlikely, considering its native range, (though not impossible) that it should have been introduced there. Some mistake in labelling seems to have occurred, as the alleged collector, Mr. Pitt, is convinced that this specimen was not in fact collected by him.
BERLINIA orientalis Brenan [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
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