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WARNECKEA sansibarica (Taub.) Jac.-Fél. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
WARNECKEA sansibarica (Taub.) Jac.-Fél. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1978);
Memecylon sansibaricum Taub. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1895). [type as above]
Information
Evergreen shrub or tree. Leaf-blade ovate, 1.4–9.5(–12) x 1.2–5(–6.4) cm, obtuse to acuminate at the apex; petiole 1–4(–6) mm long. Flowers pedicellate, in axillary clusters. Calyx 1–1.5 mm long with short lobes. Petals 1.5–3 mm long, white turning blue. Fruit 5–8(–10) mm in diam., bluish.
Range
S3
Altitude range
c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam S. Hassan 4978.
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Madagascar
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
WARNECKEA sansibarica (Taub.) Jac.-Fél. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1978);
Memecylon sansibaricum Taub. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1895). [type as above]
Information
Evergreen shrub or tree. Leaf-blade ovate, 1.4–9.5(–12) x 1.2–5(–6.4) cm, obtuse to acuminate at the apex; petiole 1–4(–6) mm long. Flowers pedicellate, in axillary clusters. Calyx 1–1.5 mm long with short lobes. Petals 1.5–3 mm long, white turning blue. Fruit 5–8(–10) mm in diam., bluish.
Range
S3
Altitude range
c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam S. Hassan 4978.
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Madagascar
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
WARNECKEA sansibarica (Taub.) Jac.-Fél. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1978);
Memecylon sansibaricum Taub. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], (1895). [type as above]
Information
Evergreen shrub or tree. Leaf-blade ovate, 1.4–9.5(–12) x 1.2–5(–6.4) cm, obtuse to acuminate at the apex; petiole 1–4(–6) mm long. Flowers pedicellate, in axillary clusters. Calyx 1–1.5 mm long with short lobes. Petals 1.5–3 mm long, white turning blue. Fruit 5–8(–10) mm in diam., bluish.
Range
S3
Altitude range
c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam S. Hassan 4978.
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Madagascar
![WARNECKEA sansibarica (Taub.) Jac.-Fél. [family MELASTOMATACEAE]](/fsi/img/misc/plants/static_thumbs/flora_somalia_icon96.jpg)
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