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INHAMBANELLA henriquesii (Engl. & Warb.) Dubard [family SAPOTACEAE]

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, (1968) Author: J. H. Hemsley
Names
INHAMBANELLA henriquesii (Engl. & Warb.) Dubard [family SAPOTACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 43 (1915). Type: Mozambique, Sul do Save, Inhambane, Ferreira (COI, holo. !) Mimusops henriquesii Engl. & Warb. [family SAPOTACEAE], E.M. 8: 80, t. 25/A (1904), as “ henri-quezii ”, but corrected, I.c.: 88 (1904) Lecomtedoxa henriquesii (Engl. & Warb.) Meeuse [family SAPOTACEAE], in Bothalia 7: 344 (1960) & in F.S.A. 26: 40 (1963)
Information
Medium-sized tree with copious latex, height up to 25 m.; bark grey. Young shoots with greyish or brown pubescence, otherwise shoots, petioles and leaves glabrous. Petioles relatively long, up to 4 cm. Leaf-lamina obovate, elliptic-obovate to elliptic, usually 7–15(–18) cm. long, 3.5–8.5 cm. wide, stiffly coriaceous, apex obtuse to emarginate, cuneate, margin recurved, undulate and frequently irregular in shape; under-surface with primary lateral nerves 3–12 on each side of prominently raised midrib. Pedicels and calyx with greyish or brownish pubescence; pedicels up to 1.2 cm. long. Sepals broadly ovate-triangular, up to 5 mm. long, 4 mm. wide. Corolla-tube campanulate, up to 3 mm. long; lobes trifid; median segment ± ovate, up to 5 mm. long; lateral dorsal segments smaller and narrower. Stamens inserted at throat; filaments flattened, up to 3 mm. long; staminodes petaloid, broadly ovate, up to 3 mm. long. Ovary up to 2 mm. long; style up to 1 mm. long. Fruits red when mature, up to 3 cm. in diameter. Seeds up to 2.5 cm. long. Fig. 9.
Range
DISTR. K7; T6 also coastal areas of Mozambique, extending up river valleys into Rhodesia and southern Malawi, and south to Natal
Altitude range
10–300 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Mrima Hill, about halfway from Lungalunga to Msambweni, 16 Jan. 1964, Verdcourt 3936B !KENYA Lamu District Witu Forest, Pangani-Witu road, Feb. 1958 (fl.), Rawlins in E.A.H. 25/58 ! & NE. of Witu, 28 Feb. 1956, Greenway & Rawlins 8957 !TANGANYIKA Ulanga District Kilombero valley, Mikeregembe, 14 June 1958, Ede & Amani 3 ! & Mahenge, Dec. 1953, R. Davies !
Notes
VARIATION. The leaves of the East African material show a more regular arrangement of the primary lateral nerves and have a less distinctly reticulated nervation than those from Mozambique. This variation is accepted as part of a single species which may prove to be more widespread in the coastal areas than present records would indicate.  The epithet of this species appears first without a description as Mimusops henriquesiana Engl. & Warb. in Bull. Soc. Étud. Colon. 10: 516 (1903) and as such has been followed by certain subsequent authors, but the spelling adopted at the place of first valid publication must be accepted.
INHAMBANELLA henriquesii (Engl. & Warb.) Dubard [family SAPOTACEAE]
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