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Syzygium masukuense subsp. pachyphyllum F. White [family MYRTACEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 183, (1978) Author: F. White
Names
Syzygium masukuense subsp. pachyphyllum F. White [family MYRTACEAE], in Kirkia, 10: 404 (1977). TAB. 45 fig. D. Type: Rhodesia, Melsetter Distr., Chimanimani Mts., Stonehenge, 1710 m., among quartzite crags, fl. 28.xii.1959, Goodier & Phipps 309 (K, holotype; SRGH, isotype).
Information
Tree up to 20 m. tall, or, on exposed crests, a shrub 1–2 m. tall. Young stems quadrangular and slightly winged. Leaf-lamina up to 6·5 x 4·2 cm., usually much smaller, oblong-elliptic to suborbicular, apex cuspidate or shortly acuminate, base subcordate; petiole 0·1–0·2 cm. long. Receptacle (including pseudopedicel) + calyx 0·3–0·4 cm. long; calyx + upper receptacle 0·15–0·2 cm. long; filaments 0·3–0·7 cm. long. Fruit c. 1·4 x 1·5 cm., purple-black, subglobose; persistent calyx 0·1 x 0·25 cm.
Habitat
where it is plentiful on the mountains of Rhodesia and adjacent parts of Mozambique. It occurs as a medium-sized tree in kloofs towards the upper limit of montane forest, and as a shrub or stunted tree on exposed rocky ridges
Range
Confined to the F.Z. area
Altitude range
1675–2135 m.
2135
1675
Distribution
Mozambique MS Báruè Distr., Serra de Choa, 1600 m., fr. 7.ix.1943, Torre 5858 (LISC).Malawi N N. Vipya Plateau, near summit of Chimaliro, fl. 16.ii.1965, Chapman 2317 (FHO).Zimbabwe E Inyanga Distr., Pungwe-Mtendere divide, common at upper limits of forest in Pungwe Gorge, fl. 28.xii.1965, West 7078 (FHO; SRGH).
Notes
The solitary record from Chimaliro rock in N. Malawi suggests that this taxon may be of polytopic origin. This subspecies is superficially similar in appearance to S. sclerophyllum Brenan which is confined to certain mountains in Tanzania and Kenya. The leaves of the latter, however, differ in being proportionately broader and more coriaceous and in having markedly recurved margins and a less well-developed apiculus.
Syzygium masukuense subsp. pachyphyllum F. White [family MYRTACEAE]
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