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Thilachium africanum [family CAPPARACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
Thilachium africanum [family CAPPARACEAE]
Common names
T. ovalifolium Juss. in Ann. Mus. Paris 12 : 71 (1808), nom. illegit. Type: as above. T. querimbense Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1 : 163 (1861); Gilg in Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C : 187 (1895). Type : Mozambique, Niassa, Querimba I., Peters (B, holo.). T. verrucosum Klotzsch, I.e. 1 : 164 (1861). Type : Mozambique, Sena, Tambare, Peters (B, holo.). Ritchiea langii Oberm. in Ann. Transv. Mus. 17 : 200 (1937). Type : Transvaal, Kruger Na':onal Park, Punda Milia, Lang sub TRV (PRE, holo.lj.
Information
Shrub or scrambler, up to 3 m high; young branches pale brown or grey, scabrid. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic, broadly elliptic or obovate, 3-9 cm long, 1-4-5 cm wide, apex obtuse, round or emarginate, mucronate, base cuneate to round, margins entire, somewhat revolute, lateral veins 3 or 4, subimmersed, coriaceous, glabrous; petioles up to 6 cm long, scabrid; petiolules 2-4 mm long, scabrid. Inflorescence of few-flowered, terminal or axillary corymÂbose racemes; pedicels 1-5-2 cm long, scabrid-puberulous. Calyx obovoid, 1 • 5 cm long, 2 cm diam., with apiculus at apex, glabrous, circumscissile, persistent base cam-panulate, calyptra often remaining attached on one side; disc lining basal 2 mm of calyx, entire. Androphore stout, 4-5 mm long. Stamens many, 3-3-5 cm long; anthers c. 3 mm long, basifixed. Gynophore 1-2*5 cm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 3-5-4 mm long, costate; stigma capitate. Fruits ellipsoid, up to 6 cm long, stipitate, costate with up to 12 ribs. Seeds numerous, up to 1 cm in diam., subg
Habitat
Thilachium africanum is a shrub or scrambler, which has been collected only a few times in Southern Africa. Like its congeners, it is easily recognizable by its circumscissile-calyptrate calyx. Its Bantu name is said to be Kova.
Use
Thilachium africanum Lour., Fl. Coch-inch. 342 (1790); Oliv. in F.T.A. 1 : 82 (1868); Gilg in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C : 187 (1895); Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 9 (1909); Gilg & Ben. in Bot. Jahrb. 53 : 263 (1915); Milne-Redh. in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard 8 : 218 (1953); Wild in F.Z. 1 : 213, fig. 34B (1960); De Wolf in Kirkia 2 : 198 (1961); F.T.E.A. Capparidaceae : 82 (1964). Type : Mozambique, Loureiro (P, holo.; L1SU).
Range
Found in savanna or woodland in the northern parts of Zululand and the Kruger National Park in the Transvaal, and in Swaziland. Also in MozamÂbique, Rhodesia, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania and Malagasy.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
Thilachium africanum [family CAPPARACEAE]
Common names
T. ovalifolium Juss. in Ann. Mus. Paris 12 : 71 (1808), nom. illegit. Type: as above. T. querimbense Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1 : 163 (1861); Gilg in Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C : 187 (1895). Type : Mozambique, Niassa, Querimba I., Peters (B, holo.). T. verrucosum Klotzsch, I.e. 1 : 164 (1861). Type : Mozambique, Sena, Tambare, Peters (B, holo.). Ritchiea langii Oberm. in Ann. Transv. Mus. 17 : 200 (1937). Type : Transvaal, Kruger Na':onal Park, Punda Milia, Lang sub TRV (PRE, holo.lj.
Information
Shrub or scrambler, up to 3 m high; young branches pale brown or grey, scabrid. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic, broadly elliptic or obovate, 3-9 cm long, 1-4-5 cm wide, apex obtuse, round or emarginate, mucronate, base cuneate to round, margins entire, somewhat revolute, lateral veins 3 or 4, subimmersed, coriaceous, glabrous; petioles up to 6 cm long, scabrid; petiolules 2-4 mm long, scabrid. Inflorescence of few-flowered, terminal or axillary corymÂbose racemes; pedicels 1-5-2 cm long, scabrid-puberulous. Calyx obovoid, 1 • 5 cm long, 2 cm diam., with apiculus at apex, glabrous, circumscissile, persistent base cam-panulate, calyptra often remaining attached on one side; disc lining basal 2 mm of calyx, entire. Androphore stout, 4-5 mm long. Stamens many, 3-3-5 cm long; anthers c. 3 mm long, basifixed. Gynophore 1-2*5 cm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 3-5-4 mm long, costate; stigma capitate. Fruits ellipsoid, up to 6 cm long, stipitate, costate with up to 12 ribs. Seeds numerous, up to 1 cm in diam., subg
Habitat
Thilachium africanum is a shrub or scrambler, which has been collected only a few times in Southern Africa. Like its congeners, it is easily recognizable by its circumscissile-calyptrate calyx. Its Bantu name is said to be Kova.
Use
Thilachium africanum Lour., Fl. Coch-inch. 342 (1790); Oliv. in F.T.A. 1 : 82 (1868); Gilg in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C : 187 (1895); Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 9 (1909); Gilg & Ben. in Bot. Jahrb. 53 : 263 (1915); Milne-Redh. in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard 8 : 218 (1953); Wild in F.Z. 1 : 213, fig. 34B (1960); De Wolf in Kirkia 2 : 198 (1961); F.T.E.A. Capparidaceae : 82 (1964). Type : Mozambique, Loureiro (P, holo.; L1SU).
Range
Found in savanna or woodland in the northern parts of Zululand and the Kruger National Park in the Transvaal, and in Swaziland. Also in MozamÂbique, Rhodesia, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania and Malagasy.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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
Thilachium africanum [family CAPPARACEAE]
Common names
T. ovalifolium Juss. in Ann. Mus. Paris 12 : 71 (1808), nom. illegit. Type: as above. T. querimbense Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1 : 163 (1861); Gilg in Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C : 187 (1895). Type : Mozambique, Niassa, Querimba I., Peters (B, holo.). T. verrucosum Klotzsch, I.e. 1 : 164 (1861). Type : Mozambique, Sena, Tambare, Peters (B, holo.). Ritchiea langii Oberm. in Ann. Transv. Mus. 17 : 200 (1937). Type : Transvaal, Kruger Na':onal Park, Punda Milia, Lang sub TRV (PRE, holo.lj.
Information
Shrub or scrambler, up to 3 m high; young branches pale brown or grey, scabrid. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic, broadly elliptic or obovate, 3-9 cm long, 1-4-5 cm wide, apex obtuse, round or emarginate, mucronate, base cuneate to round, margins entire, somewhat revolute, lateral veins 3 or 4, subimmersed, coriaceous, glabrous; petioles up to 6 cm long, scabrid; petiolules 2-4 mm long, scabrid. Inflorescence of few-flowered, terminal or axillary corymÂbose racemes; pedicels 1-5-2 cm long, scabrid-puberulous. Calyx obovoid, 1 • 5 cm long, 2 cm diam., with apiculus at apex, glabrous, circumscissile, persistent base cam-panulate, calyptra often remaining attached on one side; disc lining basal 2 mm of calyx, entire. Androphore stout, 4-5 mm long. Stamens many, 3-3-5 cm long; anthers c. 3 mm long, basifixed. Gynophore 1-2*5 cm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 3-5-4 mm long, costate; stigma capitate. Fruits ellipsoid, up to 6 cm long, stipitate, costate with up to 12 ribs. Seeds numerous, up to 1 cm in diam., subg
Habitat
Thilachium africanum is a shrub or scrambler, which has been collected only a few times in Southern Africa. Like its congeners, it is easily recognizable by its circumscissile-calyptrate calyx. Its Bantu name is said to be Kova.
Use
Thilachium africanum Lour., Fl. Coch-inch. 342 (1790); Oliv. in F.T.A. 1 : 82 (1868); Gilg in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C : 187 (1895); Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 9 (1909); Gilg & Ben. in Bot. Jahrb. 53 : 263 (1915); Milne-Redh. in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard 8 : 218 (1953); Wild in F.Z. 1 : 213, fig. 34B (1960); De Wolf in Kirkia 2 : 198 (1961); F.T.E.A. Capparidaceae : 82 (1964). Type : Mozambique, Loureiro (P, holo.; L1SU).
Range
Found in savanna or woodland in the northern parts of Zululand and the Kruger National Park in the Transvaal, and in Swaziland. Also in MozamÂbique, Rhodesia, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania and Malagasy.
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