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BOTTEGOA insignis Chiov. [family SAPINDACEAE]
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, (1996) Author: B. VERDCOURT & F.G. DAVIES
Names
BOTTEGOA insignis Chiov. [family SAPINDACEAE], Result. Sci. Miss. Stef.-Paoli, Coll. Bot.: 58, fig. 2, t. 6B (1916); Radlk. in E.P. IV, 165: 724 (1932); E.P.A. 1: 492 (1958); K.T.S.: 508 (1960); W.C. Burger, Fam. Fl. Pl. Ethiopia: 172, fig. 34/1 (1967); Vollesen in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 504, fig. 125.11 (1990); Beentje, K.T.S.L.: 414, fig. (1994); R.W. Ham et al. in K.B. 50: 244, figs. 1–6, map 1 (1995). Type: S. Somalia, Aden Caboba, Paoli 923 (FT, holo.)
Information
Slender spreading tree 2.5–10 m. tall with a dense crown; bark grey to black, deeply fissured; young twigs with white downy pubescence. Leaves 4–10 cm. long; petiole slender, 0.3–3.5 cm. long, pubescent; primary rhachis green, 6–8 cm. long, 0.7 mm. wide, pubescent; secondary rhachides 2–4 cm. long, covered in resin-dots; secondary petioles 2–5 mm. long; leaflets olive-green or glaucous when dry, in 2–7 pairs, alternate or opposite, oblong to obovate, 0.4–1.5 cm. long, 2–6 mm. wide, rounded and usually emarginate at the apex, asymmetrically narrowed to the base, appearing glabrous but with scattered white adpressed hairs and sometimes resin-dots in the basal half; lateral nerves ± indistinct; petiolules 0.1–0.5 mm. long. Inflorescences thyrsoid, in the axils of fallen leaves, 1–4 cm. long, the elements racemose; pedicels slender, 0.5–1 cm. long, curved; sepals 0.5 mm. long, densely hairy; petals cream or yellow, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 4–5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, glabrous. Stamens 2 mm. long, glabrous; connective with resin-dots. Ovary pandurate, 2–2.5 mm. long, 1.3–1.5 mm. wide, narrowly 2-winged, glabrous; style 0.5 mm. long, with bifid stigma. Fruit yellow-brown or yellow with pinkish wings to entirely pinkish red, 2.2–5 cm. diameter; mesocarp composed of white parenchyma the texture of polystyrene foam; wing 1–1.5 cm. wide. Seeds (1–)2, reniform, 1–1.5 cm. long, 5–9 mm. wide, 3–4 mm. thick; testa with minute shining brownish warts. Fig. 2.
Range
DISTR. K 1
Altitude range
400–850 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province 22 km. SSW. of El Wak, 26 May 1952, Gillett 13352! & Faiyu [Faio], Gara, 14 Mar. 1952, Gillett 12532! & Mandera, War Gedud, 1 May 1978, Gilbert & Thulin 1296!
Distribution (external)
; SW. Ethiopia
central & southern Somalia
Notes
It had usually been assumed that this species is dioecious and that male flowers had not been discovered. Mature pollen was, however, found by R.W. Ham et al. in the so-called staminodes so at least some flowers are bisexual. It seems probable that they all are which would explain why no plants with male flowers have ever been collected.
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, (1996) Author: B. VERDCOURT & F.G. DAVIES
Names
BOTTEGOA insignis Chiov. [family SAPINDACEAE], Result. Sci. Miss. Stef.-Paoli, Coll. Bot.: 58, fig. 2, t. 6B (1916); Radlk. in E.P. IV, 165: 724 (1932); E.P.A. 1: 492 (1958); K.T.S.: 508 (1960); W.C. Burger, Fam. Fl. Pl. Ethiopia: 172, fig. 34/1 (1967); Vollesen in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 504, fig. 125.11 (1990); Beentje, K.T.S.L.: 414, fig. (1994); R.W. Ham et al. in K.B. 50: 244, figs. 1–6, map 1 (1995). Type: S. Somalia, Aden Caboba, Paoli 923 (FT, holo.)
Information
Slender spreading tree 2.5–10 m. tall with a dense crown; bark grey to black, deeply fissured; young twigs with white downy pubescence. Leaves 4–10 cm. long; petiole slender, 0.3–3.5 cm. long, pubescent; primary rhachis green, 6–8 cm. long, 0.7 mm. wide, pubescent; secondary rhachides 2–4 cm. long, covered in resin-dots; secondary petioles 2–5 mm. long; leaflets olive-green or glaucous when dry, in 2–7 pairs, alternate or opposite, oblong to obovate, 0.4–1.5 cm. long, 2–6 mm. wide, rounded and usually emarginate at the apex, asymmetrically narrowed to the base, appearing glabrous but with scattered white adpressed hairs and sometimes resin-dots in the basal half; lateral nerves ± indistinct; petiolules 0.1–0.5 mm. long. Inflorescences thyrsoid, in the axils of fallen leaves, 1–4 cm. long, the elements racemose; pedicels slender, 0.5–1 cm. long, curved; sepals 0.5 mm. long, densely hairy; petals cream or yellow, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 4–5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, glabrous. Stamens 2 mm. long, glabrous; connective with resin-dots. Ovary pandurate, 2–2.5 mm. long, 1.3–1.5 mm. wide, narrowly 2-winged, glabrous; style 0.5 mm. long, with bifid stigma. Fruit yellow-brown or yellow with pinkish wings to entirely pinkish red, 2.2–5 cm. diameter; mesocarp composed of white parenchyma the texture of polystyrene foam; wing 1–1.5 cm. wide. Seeds (1–)2, reniform, 1–1.5 cm. long, 5–9 mm. wide, 3–4 mm. thick; testa with minute shining brownish warts. Fig. 2.
Range
DISTR. K 1
Altitude range
400–850 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province 22 km. SSW. of El Wak, 26 May 1952, Gillett 13352! & Faiyu [Faio], Gara, 14 Mar. 1952, Gillett 12532! & Mandera, War Gedud, 1 May 1978, Gilbert & Thulin 1296!
Distribution (external)
; SW. Ethiopia
central & southern Somalia
Notes
It had usually been assumed that this species is dioecious and that male flowers had not been discovered. Mature pollen was, however, found by R.W. Ham et al. in the so-called staminodes so at least some flowers are bisexual. It seems probable that they all are which would explain why no plants with male flowers have ever been collected.
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, (1996) Author: B. VERDCOURT & F.G. DAVIES
Names
BOTTEGOA insignis Chiov. [family SAPINDACEAE], Result. Sci. Miss. Stef.-Paoli, Coll. Bot.: 58, fig. 2, t. 6B (1916); Radlk. in E.P. IV, 165: 724 (1932); E.P.A. 1: 492 (1958); K.T.S.: 508 (1960); W.C. Burger, Fam. Fl. Pl. Ethiopia: 172, fig. 34/1 (1967); Vollesen in Fl. Ethiopia 3: 504, fig. 125.11 (1990); Beentje, K.T.S.L.: 414, fig. (1994); R.W. Ham et al. in K.B. 50: 244, figs. 1–6, map 1 (1995). Type: S. Somalia, Aden Caboba, Paoli 923 (FT, holo.)
Information
Slender spreading tree 2.5–10 m. tall with a dense crown; bark grey to black, deeply fissured; young twigs with white downy pubescence. Leaves 4–10 cm. long; petiole slender, 0.3–3.5 cm. long, pubescent; primary rhachis green, 6–8 cm. long, 0.7 mm. wide, pubescent; secondary rhachides 2–4 cm. long, covered in resin-dots; secondary petioles 2–5 mm. long; leaflets olive-green or glaucous when dry, in 2–7 pairs, alternate or opposite, oblong to obovate, 0.4–1.5 cm. long, 2–6 mm. wide, rounded and usually emarginate at the apex, asymmetrically narrowed to the base, appearing glabrous but with scattered white adpressed hairs and sometimes resin-dots in the basal half; lateral nerves ± indistinct; petiolules 0.1–0.5 mm. long. Inflorescences thyrsoid, in the axils of fallen leaves, 1–4 cm. long, the elements racemose; pedicels slender, 0.5–1 cm. long, curved; sepals 0.5 mm. long, densely hairy; petals cream or yellow, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 4–5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, glabrous. Stamens 2 mm. long, glabrous; connective with resin-dots. Ovary pandurate, 2–2.5 mm. long, 1.3–1.5 mm. wide, narrowly 2-winged, glabrous; style 0.5 mm. long, with bifid stigma. Fruit yellow-brown or yellow with pinkish wings to entirely pinkish red, 2.2–5 cm. diameter; mesocarp composed of white parenchyma the texture of polystyrene foam; wing 1–1.5 cm. wide. Seeds (1–)2, reniform, 1–1.5 cm. long, 5–9 mm. wide, 3–4 mm. thick; testa with minute shining brownish warts. Fig. 2.
Range
DISTR. K 1
Altitude range
400–850 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province 22 km. SSW. of El Wak, 26 May 1952, Gillett 13352! & Faiyu [Faio], Gara, 14 Mar. 1952, Gillett 12532! & Mandera, War Gedud, 1 May 1978, Gilbert & Thulin 1296!
Distribution (external)
; SW. Ethiopia
central & southern Somalia
Notes
It had usually been assumed that this species is dioecious and that male flowers had not been discovered. Mature pollen was, however, found by R.W. Ham et al. in the so-called staminodes so at least some flowers are bisexual. It seems probable that they all are which would explain why no plants with male flowers have ever been collected.
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