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HAPLOCOELOPSIS africana F.G. Davies [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, (1998) Author: DAVIES & B. VERDCOURT
Names
HAPLOCOELOPSIS africana F.G. Davies [family SAPINDACEAE], in K.B. 52: 232, fig. 1 (1997); Beentje in Utafiti 1(3): 111, fig. 8, map (1988) & K.T.S.L.: 418, fig. (1994), nom. invalid., descript. anglice. Type: Kenya, Lamu District, Witu, Gongoni Forest, Dale in F.H. 3820 (BM!, holo., EA!, K!, iso.)
Haplocoelum sp. [family SAPINDACEAE], sensu T.T.C.L.: 558 (1949) quoad Gillman 1070
Melanodiscus sp. nov. [family SAPINDACEAE], sensu K.T.S.: 515 (1961) quoad Dale in F.H. 3820
Information
Evergreen shrub or small tree to 10 m. tall; branches slender, grey-brown, initially coarsely hairy. Petiole 0–0.5 cm. long; rhachis 3–8 cm. long, with white or brown bristly hairs; petiolules 0–5 mm. long, fleshy, moderately or sparsely hairy; lowermost leaflet reniform or ovate, 0.5–2 cm. long, 0.4–2.5 cm. wide, the second leaflet of the pair often inserted further up the rhachis and somewhat larger; uppermost leaflets rhomboid-elliptic or lanceolate, acute or rounded at the extreme apex and almost acuminate, 5–16 cm. long, 2–7 cm. wide; blade olive-green, glabrous apart from themidrib; lateral veins faint, in 7–10 pairs. Inflorescence 3.5–11 cm. long, with up to 2 branches; rhachis and pedicels pilose; flowers in clusters of 2–3, subtended by caducous bracts 0.5 mm. long; pedicels 1.6–2 mm. long. Calyx-lobes oblong-ovate, the 2–3 larger ones 1.5–2 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. wide, externally pubescent (very sparsely so in Angola) and slightly pubescent inside at the top. Male flowers: petals narrowly elliptic-oblong, 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide; filaments 1.3 mm. long, glabrous; rudimentary ovary 0.5 mm. long. Female flower: petals narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, 2–3 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide, glabrous, ± venose, with an obtriangular slightly thickened claw 0.8 mm. long and inflexed scale with ciliate and erose margin; staminodes 2 mm. long; ovary ovoid, 2 mm. long and wide, pubescent or almost glabrous; style ± 1 mm. long. Fruit yellow, subglobose, 2.5 cm. wide, grooved between the seeds; pedicels to 6 mm. long. Fig. 9.
Range
DISTR. K 7, T 6, 8
Altitude range
40–700 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, Makadara Forest, 18 Feb. 1987, Luke & S.A. Robertson 247! & Jombo [Dzombo] Hill, 7 Feb. 1989, Mrima–Dzombo Exped. 142!KENYA Lamu District Ras Tenewi, Luke & S.A. Robertson 1433!TANZANIA Uzaramo District Mfyoza, Banda Forest Reserve, 12 Nov. 1969, Ruffo 304!TANZANIA Newala District Makonde thicket, Nov. 1953, Eggeling 6733! & Newala, 12 Dec. 1943, Gillman 1070!
Distribution (external)
; Angola (see note)
Notes
The affinities of this genus are with Eriocoelum and Aporrhiza in the Cupanieae, a tribe where the common form of fruit is a capsule dehiscing usually into 3 (rarely 2) valves to reveal seeds with brightly coloured, cup-shaped arils around their proximal ends.Leaf size appears to decrease from K 7 to T 8, but the three collections from Newala may all derive from the same individual tree so no great significance should be attached to its smaller leaves for the time being. The Angolan plant is almost glabrous, with the sepals hairy only near the apex, but otherwise similar vegetatively; the flowers are immature.
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, (1998) Author: DAVIES & B. VERDCOURT
Names
HAPLOCOELOPSIS africana F.G. Davies [family SAPINDACEAE], in K.B. 52: 232, fig. 1 (1997); Beentje in Utafiti 1(3): 111, fig. 8, map (1988) & K.T.S.L.: 418, fig. (1994), nom. invalid., descript. anglice. Type: Kenya, Lamu District, Witu, Gongoni Forest, Dale in F.H. 3820 (BM!, holo., EA!, K!, iso.)
Haplocoelum sp. [family SAPINDACEAE], sensu T.T.C.L.: 558 (1949) quoad Gillman 1070
Melanodiscus sp. nov. [family SAPINDACEAE], sensu K.T.S.: 515 (1961) quoad Dale in F.H. 3820
Information
Evergreen shrub or small tree to 10 m. tall; branches slender, grey-brown, initially coarsely hairy. Petiole 0–0.5 cm. long; rhachis 3–8 cm. long, with white or brown bristly hairs; petiolules 0–5 mm. long, fleshy, moderately or sparsely hairy; lowermost leaflet reniform or ovate, 0.5–2 cm. long, 0.4–2.5 cm. wide, the second leaflet of the pair often inserted further up the rhachis and somewhat larger; uppermost leaflets rhomboid-elliptic or lanceolate, acute or rounded at the extreme apex and almost acuminate, 5–16 cm. long, 2–7 cm. wide; blade olive-green, glabrous apart from themidrib; lateral veins faint, in 7–10 pairs. Inflorescence 3.5–11 cm. long, with up to 2 branches; rhachis and pedicels pilose; flowers in clusters of 2–3, subtended by caducous bracts 0.5 mm. long; pedicels 1.6–2 mm. long. Calyx-lobes oblong-ovate, the 2–3 larger ones 1.5–2 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. wide, externally pubescent (very sparsely so in Angola) and slightly pubescent inside at the top. Male flowers: petals narrowly elliptic-oblong, 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide; filaments 1.3 mm. long, glabrous; rudimentary ovary 0.5 mm. long. Female flower: petals narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, 2–3 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide, glabrous, ± venose, with an obtriangular slightly thickened claw 0.8 mm. long and inflexed scale with ciliate and erose margin; staminodes 2 mm. long; ovary ovoid, 2 mm. long and wide, pubescent or almost glabrous; style ± 1 mm. long. Fruit yellow, subglobose, 2.5 cm. wide, grooved between the seeds; pedicels to 6 mm. long. Fig. 9.
Range
DISTR. K 7, T 6, 8
Altitude range
40–700 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, Makadara Forest, 18 Feb. 1987, Luke & S.A. Robertson 247! & Jombo [Dzombo] Hill, 7 Feb. 1989, Mrima–Dzombo Exped. 142!KENYA Lamu District Ras Tenewi, Luke & S.A. Robertson 1433!TANZANIA Uzaramo District Mfyoza, Banda Forest Reserve, 12 Nov. 1969, Ruffo 304!TANZANIA Newala District Makonde thicket, Nov. 1953, Eggeling 6733! & Newala, 12 Dec. 1943, Gillman 1070!
Distribution (external)
; Angola (see note)
Notes
The affinities of this genus are with Eriocoelum and Aporrhiza in the Cupanieae, a tribe where the common form of fruit is a capsule dehiscing usually into 3 (rarely 2) valves to reveal seeds with brightly coloured, cup-shaped arils around their proximal ends.Leaf size appears to decrease from K 7 to T 8, but the three collections from Newala may all derive from the same individual tree so no great significance should be attached to its smaller leaves for the time being. The Angolan plant is almost glabrous, with the sepals hairy only near the apex, but otherwise similar vegetatively; the flowers are immature.
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, (1998) Author: DAVIES & B. VERDCOURT
Names
HAPLOCOELOPSIS africana F.G. Davies [family SAPINDACEAE], in K.B. 52: 232, fig. 1 (1997); Beentje in Utafiti 1(3): 111, fig. 8, map (1988) & K.T.S.L.: 418, fig. (1994), nom. invalid., descript. anglice. Type: Kenya, Lamu District, Witu, Gongoni Forest, Dale in F.H. 3820 (BM!, holo., EA!, K!, iso.)
Haplocoelum sp. [family SAPINDACEAE], sensu T.T.C.L.: 558 (1949) quoad Gillman 1070
Melanodiscus sp. nov. [family SAPINDACEAE], sensu K.T.S.: 515 (1961) quoad Dale in F.H. 3820
Information
Evergreen shrub or small tree to 10 m. tall; branches slender, grey-brown, initially coarsely hairy. Petiole 0–0.5 cm. long; rhachis 3–8 cm. long, with white or brown bristly hairs; petiolules 0–5 mm. long, fleshy, moderately or sparsely hairy; lowermost leaflet reniform or ovate, 0.5–2 cm. long, 0.4–2.5 cm. wide, the second leaflet of the pair often inserted further up the rhachis and somewhat larger; uppermost leaflets rhomboid-elliptic or lanceolate, acute or rounded at the extreme apex and almost acuminate, 5–16 cm. long, 2–7 cm. wide; blade olive-green, glabrous apart from themidrib; lateral veins faint, in 7–10 pairs. Inflorescence 3.5–11 cm. long, with up to 2 branches; rhachis and pedicels pilose; flowers in clusters of 2–3, subtended by caducous bracts 0.5 mm. long; pedicels 1.6–2 mm. long. Calyx-lobes oblong-ovate, the 2–3 larger ones 1.5–2 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. wide, externally pubescent (very sparsely so in Angola) and slightly pubescent inside at the top. Male flowers: petals narrowly elliptic-oblong, 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide; filaments 1.3 mm. long, glabrous; rudimentary ovary 0.5 mm. long. Female flower: petals narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, 2–3 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide, glabrous, ± venose, with an obtriangular slightly thickened claw 0.8 mm. long and inflexed scale with ciliate and erose margin; staminodes 2 mm. long; ovary ovoid, 2 mm. long and wide, pubescent or almost glabrous; style ± 1 mm. long. Fruit yellow, subglobose, 2.5 cm. wide, grooved between the seeds; pedicels to 6 mm. long. Fig. 9.
Range
DISTR. K 7, T 6, 8
Altitude range
40–700 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, Makadara Forest, 18 Feb. 1987, Luke & S.A. Robertson 247! & Jombo [Dzombo] Hill, 7 Feb. 1989, Mrima–Dzombo Exped. 142!KENYA Lamu District Ras Tenewi, Luke & S.A. Robertson 1433!TANZANIA Uzaramo District Mfyoza, Banda Forest Reserve, 12 Nov. 1969, Ruffo 304!TANZANIA Newala District Makonde thicket, Nov. 1953, Eggeling 6733! & Newala, 12 Dec. 1943, Gillman 1070!
Distribution (external)
; Angola (see note)
Notes
The affinities of this genus are with Eriocoelum and Aporrhiza in the Cupanieae, a tribe where the common form of fruit is a capsule dehiscing usually into 3 (rarely 2) valves to reveal seeds with brightly coloured, cup-shaped arils around their proximal ends.Leaf size appears to decrease from K 7 to T 8, but the three collections from Newala may all derive from the same individual tree so no great significance should be attached to its smaller leaves for the time being. The Angolan plant is almost glabrous, with the sepals hairy only near the apex, but otherwise similar vegetatively; the flowers are immature.
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