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Vismia pauciflora Milne-Redh. [family GUTTIFERAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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, (1953) Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD
Names
Vismia pauciflora Milne-Redh. [family GUTTIFERAE], in K.B. 1953: 437 (1953). Type: Tanganyika, Lindi District, Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, Eggeling 6414 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
Information
Tree about 9 m. high. Stems as in V. orientalis. Leaves deciduous, shortly petiolate; blades broadly elliptic, the apical pair on the flowering branches ranging from 4.0 x 2.2 cm. to 6.5 x 3.9 cm., acuminate, broadly cuneate at the base, in the fresh state whitish below (fide Eggeling), furnished with scattered and submarginal black glandular dots; ultimate reticulation on the lower surface visible to the naked eye. Inflorescence usually terminating 4-leaved lateral branches, pedunculate, 2–4-flowered. Sepals ovate, about 4 mm. long, with linear glands. Petals oblong elliptic, about 7 mm. long, white with brownish linear glands. Stamens about 15 per bundle; filaments villous. Staminodes fleshy, glabrous. Ovary with about 5 ovules per loculus. Berry not known.
Range
DISTR. T8 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
810 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Lindi District Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, Dec. 1951 (fl.), Eggeling 6414! & without locality or date, Gillman 1556!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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, (1953) Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD
Names
Vismia pauciflora Milne-Redh. [family GUTTIFERAE], in K.B. 1953: 437 (1953). Type: Tanganyika, Lindi District, Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, Eggeling 6414 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
Information
Tree about 9 m. high. Stems as in V. orientalis. Leaves deciduous, shortly petiolate; blades broadly elliptic, the apical pair on the flowering branches ranging from 4.0 x 2.2 cm. to 6.5 x 3.9 cm., acuminate, broadly cuneate at the base, in the fresh state whitish below (fide Eggeling), furnished with scattered and submarginal black glandular dots; ultimate reticulation on the lower surface visible to the naked eye. Inflorescence usually terminating 4-leaved lateral branches, pedunculate, 2–4-flowered. Sepals ovate, about 4 mm. long, with linear glands. Petals oblong elliptic, about 7 mm. long, white with brownish linear glands. Stamens about 15 per bundle; filaments villous. Staminodes fleshy, glabrous. Ovary with about 5 ovules per loculus. Berry not known.
Range
DISTR. T8 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
810 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Lindi District Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, Dec. 1951 (fl.), Eggeling 6414! & without locality or date, Gillman 1556!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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, (1953) Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD
Names
Vismia pauciflora Milne-Redh. [family GUTTIFERAE], in K.B. 1953: 437 (1953). Type: Tanganyika, Lindi District, Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, Eggeling 6414 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
Information
Tree about 9 m. high. Stems as in V. orientalis. Leaves deciduous, shortly petiolate; blades broadly elliptic, the apical pair on the flowering branches ranging from 4.0 x 2.2 cm. to 6.5 x 3.9 cm., acuminate, broadly cuneate at the base, in the fresh state whitish below (fide Eggeling), furnished with scattered and submarginal black glandular dots; ultimate reticulation on the lower surface visible to the naked eye. Inflorescence usually terminating 4-leaved lateral branches, pedunculate, 2–4-flowered. Sepals ovate, about 4 mm. long, with linear glands. Petals oblong elliptic, about 7 mm. long, white with brownish linear glands. Stamens about 15 per bundle; filaments villous. Staminodes fleshy, glabrous. Ovary with about 5 ovules per loculus. Berry not known.
Range
DISTR. T8 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
810 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Lindi District Rondo Plateau, Mchinjiri, Dec. 1951 (fl.), Eggeling 6414! & without locality or date, Gillman 1556!
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