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MARKHAMIA tomentosa K. Schum. ex Engl. [family BIGNONIACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 516, (1905) Author: (By T. A. Sprague).
Names
MARKHAMIA tomentosa K. Schum. ex Engl. [family BIGNONIACEAE], Glied. Veg. Usambara, 34, 49, partly (as to the synonymy, excl. description and localities). —Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 242, partly
Spathodea tomentosa Benth. [family BIGNONIACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 462.
Dolichandrone tomentosa Benth. et Hook. f. [family BIGNONIACEAE], Gen. Pl. ii. 1046.
Information
A tree, 30 ft. high; branchlets tomentose or pubescent. Leaves 9–17 in. long; leaflets 9–13, ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate, wedge shaped at the base, 3–6 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–3 in. broad, entire or finely serrulate, thinly coriaceous or almost membranous, puberulous or glabrescent above (pubescent when young), tomentose or pubescent, rarely glabrescent, below; pseudostipules conical, 2–4 1/2 lin. long, tomentose. Raceme terminal, oblong, elongated, tomentose; lateral cymes 3 to many flowered. Peduncles 4–9 lin. long; pedicels 3–8 lin. long. Calyx 11–12 1/2 lin. long, uncinate, split down to within 1 1/2–2 1/2 lin. from the base, tomentose. Corolla pale yellow; tube 15–18 lin. long, campanulate above; basal cylindric portion 3–4 lin. long, 1 1/2–2 lin. in diam.; lobes 8–13 lin. long, conspicuously glandular. Stamens inserted 4–4 1/2 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; filaments thickened and pilose at the base; anther-lobes 1 1/2–2 lin. long. Disc annular, 7/8–1 1/4 lin. high, 1/4– 3/8 lin. thick, contiguous with the ovary. Ovary 4–4 1/2 lin. long, glabrous, or minutely lepidote at the base; stigma-lobes elliptic-ovate, obtuse or retuse. Capsule falcate, 2–2 1/2 ft. long, 7–9 1/2 lin. broad, finely pubescent or puberulous; seeds 1 1/4–1 3/4 in. long, 3–4 lin. broad; nucleus 5–7 lin. long.
Distribution
Senegambia Upper Guinea Heudelot, 877!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Talla Hills; near Ninia, Scott-Elliot, 4992! Sulimania, Scott-Elliot, 5281!Lagos Upper Guinea Phillips, 58!Nigeria Upper Guinea Mount Patteh, Barter, 555! Vogel, 176!Cameroons Upper Guinea Yaunde, Zenker, 1432! “Niger Expedition, probably Fernando Po,” Vogel!Upper Guinea “Niger Expedition, probably Fernando Po,” Vogel!
Notes
Muenteria tomentosa, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1865, 330, partly (as regards the synonymy, excl. description, figure and Angolan locality). M. lutea, Seem. l.c. 1870, 338, partly (as regards Barter, 555).
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 516, (1905) Author: (By T. A. Sprague).
Names
MARKHAMIA tomentosa K. Schum. ex Engl. [family BIGNONIACEAE], Glied. Veg. Usambara, 34, 49, partly (as to the synonymy, excl. description and localities). —Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 242, partly
Spathodea tomentosa Benth. [family BIGNONIACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 462.
Dolichandrone tomentosa Benth. et Hook. f. [family BIGNONIACEAE], Gen. Pl. ii. 1046.
Information
A tree, 30 ft. high; branchlets tomentose or pubescent. Leaves 9–17 in. long; leaflets 9–13, ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate, wedge shaped at the base, 3–6 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–3 in. broad, entire or finely serrulate, thinly coriaceous or almost membranous, puberulous or glabrescent above (pubescent when young), tomentose or pubescent, rarely glabrescent, below; pseudostipules conical, 2–4 1/2 lin. long, tomentose. Raceme terminal, oblong, elongated, tomentose; lateral cymes 3 to many flowered. Peduncles 4–9 lin. long; pedicels 3–8 lin. long. Calyx 11–12 1/2 lin. long, uncinate, split down to within 1 1/2–2 1/2 lin. from the base, tomentose. Corolla pale yellow; tube 15–18 lin. long, campanulate above; basal cylindric portion 3–4 lin. long, 1 1/2–2 lin. in diam.; lobes 8–13 lin. long, conspicuously glandular. Stamens inserted 4–4 1/2 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; filaments thickened and pilose at the base; anther-lobes 1 1/2–2 lin. long. Disc annular, 7/8–1 1/4 lin. high, 1/4– 3/8 lin. thick, contiguous with the ovary. Ovary 4–4 1/2 lin. long, glabrous, or minutely lepidote at the base; stigma-lobes elliptic-ovate, obtuse or retuse. Capsule falcate, 2–2 1/2 ft. long, 7–9 1/2 lin. broad, finely pubescent or puberulous; seeds 1 1/4–1 3/4 in. long, 3–4 lin. broad; nucleus 5–7 lin. long.
Distribution
Senegambia Upper Guinea Heudelot, 877!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Talla Hills; near Ninia, Scott-Elliot, 4992! Sulimania, Scott-Elliot, 5281!Lagos Upper Guinea Phillips, 58!Nigeria Upper Guinea Mount Patteh, Barter, 555! Vogel, 176!Cameroons Upper Guinea Yaunde, Zenker, 1432! “Niger Expedition, probably Fernando Po,” Vogel!Upper Guinea “Niger Expedition, probably Fernando Po,” Vogel!
Notes
Muenteria tomentosa, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1865, 330, partly (as regards the synonymy, excl. description, figure and Angolan locality). M. lutea, Seem. l.c. 1870, 338, partly (as regards Barter, 555).
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 516, (1905) Author: (By T. A. Sprague).
Names
MARKHAMIA tomentosa K. Schum. ex Engl. [family BIGNONIACEAE], Glied. Veg. Usambara, 34, 49, partly (as to the synonymy, excl. description and localities). —Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 242, partly
Spathodea tomentosa Benth. [family BIGNONIACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 462.
Dolichandrone tomentosa Benth. et Hook. f. [family BIGNONIACEAE], Gen. Pl. ii. 1046.
Information
A tree, 30 ft. high; branchlets tomentose or pubescent. Leaves 9–17 in. long; leaflets 9–13, ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate, wedge shaped at the base, 3–6 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–3 in. broad, entire or finely serrulate, thinly coriaceous or almost membranous, puberulous or glabrescent above (pubescent when young), tomentose or pubescent, rarely glabrescent, below; pseudostipules conical, 2–4 1/2 lin. long, tomentose. Raceme terminal, oblong, elongated, tomentose; lateral cymes 3 to many flowered. Peduncles 4–9 lin. long; pedicels 3–8 lin. long. Calyx 11–12 1/2 lin. long, uncinate, split down to within 1 1/2–2 1/2 lin. from the base, tomentose. Corolla pale yellow; tube 15–18 lin. long, campanulate above; basal cylindric portion 3–4 lin. long, 1 1/2–2 lin. in diam.; lobes 8–13 lin. long, conspicuously glandular. Stamens inserted 4–4 1/2 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; filaments thickened and pilose at the base; anther-lobes 1 1/2–2 lin. long. Disc annular, 7/8–1 1/4 lin. high, 1/4– 3/8 lin. thick, contiguous with the ovary. Ovary 4–4 1/2 lin. long, glabrous, or minutely lepidote at the base; stigma-lobes elliptic-ovate, obtuse or retuse. Capsule falcate, 2–2 1/2 ft. long, 7–9 1/2 lin. broad, finely pubescent or puberulous; seeds 1 1/4–1 3/4 in. long, 3–4 lin. broad; nucleus 5–7 lin. long.
Distribution
Senegambia Upper Guinea Heudelot, 877!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Talla Hills; near Ninia, Scott-Elliot, 4992! Sulimania, Scott-Elliot, 5281!Lagos Upper Guinea Phillips, 58!Nigeria Upper Guinea Mount Patteh, Barter, 555! Vogel, 176!Cameroons Upper Guinea Yaunde, Zenker, 1432! “Niger Expedition, probably Fernando Po,” Vogel!Upper Guinea “Niger Expedition, probably Fernando Po,” Vogel!
Notes
Muenteria tomentosa, Seem. in Journ. Bot. 1865, 330, partly (as regards the synonymy, excl. description, figure and Angolan locality). M. lutea, Seem. l.c. 1870, 338, partly (as regards Barter, 555).
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