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BRUCEA antidysenterica J.F. Mill. [family SIMAROUBACEAE]
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, (2000) Author: Brian Stannard
Names
BRUCEA antidysenterica J.F. Mill. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], Ic. Anim. Pl., t. 25 (1779); Oliv. in F.T.A. 1: 309 (1868); P.O.A. C: 227 (1895); Z.A.E.: 427 (1912); Engl. in E. & P.Pf., ed. 2, 19a: 386, fig. 179/a–e (1931); Burtt Davy, Check-lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 112 (1935); Lebrun, Ess. For. Rég. Mont. Congo Orient.: 104 (1935); T.S.K.: 100 (1936); F.P.N.A. 1: 415 (1948); T.T.C.L.: 572 (1949); Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1: 277 (1951); I.T.U., ed. 2: 408 (1952); E.P.A.: 374 (1956); Keay, F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 692 (1958); G.C.C. Gilbert in F.C.B. 7: 129 (1958); K.T.S.: 535 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 172 (1962); Wild & J.B. Phipps in F.Z. 2: 212, t. 38 (1963); Stannard in Fl. Eth. 3: 440, fig. 122/2.2 (1990); K.T.S.L.: 374, fig. on 375 (1994). Type: Ethiopia, cultivated at Kew from seeds sent by Bruce
BRUCEA ferruginea L’Hér. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], Stirp. Nov.: 19, t. 10 (1785). Type: Ethiopia; L’Hér., Stirp. Nov., t. 10
BRUCEA antidysenterica Engl. var. crassivenia [family SIMAROUBACEAE], in E.J. 46: 285 (1911); T.T.C.L.: 572 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Masai District, Ela Nairobi crater, Jaeger 512 (B†, holo.)
BRUCEA salutaris A. Chev. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 8: 145 (1912). Type: Guinea, Fouta Djalon, Diaguissa-Dalaba plateau, Chevalier 18760 (P, holo.)
Information
Shrub or small tree to 10(–15) m; bark of older stems smooth, grey to pale brown; young stems covered with ferruginous pubescence. Leaves 10–65 cm long, ferruginous pubescent (rarely almost glabrous); lateral leaflets in 2–6 pairs, narrowly oblong to narrowly ovate, 3–18 cm long, 1.5–8 cm wide, becoming somewhat smaller towards the leaf-base, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, asymmetric and rounded at base, margins entire to shallowly repand, gland dots near margin not always clearly visible; leaflets subsessile (usually more so towards the leaf apex) or with petiolules up to 10 mm, terminal petiolules 6–35 mm. Inflorescence 5–36 cm long, spiciform, polygamous, axis ferruginous pubescent; male and female/hermaphrodite flowers on separate inflorescences, in distant glomerules. Sepals 4(–5), oblong to ovate, 2–3 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, acute, pubescent inside and outside. Petals 4(–5), oblong to ovate, 1.5–3 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, pubescent outside, sometimes inside. Stamens 4(–5), 1–1.25 mm long in male flowers, glabrous; anthers ovate elliptic, 0.5–0.75 mm long. Disc 1–1.25 mm in diameter. Gynoecium of 4–5 free carpels, 1–2.5 mm tall, 1–3 mm wide, glabrous or pubescent; stigmas 1 mm long, free, reflexed back and outwards in cruciform pattern. Infructescence (4–)7–40 cm long. Fruits of 1–4 mericarps on fruiting pedicels 1–8 mm long; mericarps ellipsoid, 9–14 mm long, 6–8 mm wide, acute at apex, glabrous, red; sarcocarp thin; endocarp reticulately wrinkled, hard. Seed 8–9 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Fig. 3.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; K 1, 3, 4, 6, 7; T 2–4, 7 A genus of ± 6 species occurring in the Old World tropics from tropical Africa to tropical Asia and N Australia.; tropical Africa from Guinea to Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo (Kinshasa), Burundi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia and Malawi
Altitude range
1400–2800 m
Distribution
UGANDA Toro District Nyakasura School, 22 June 1932, Shillito 117!;KENYA Northern Frontier Province near top of Mt Kulal, 27 July 1958, Verdcourt 2235!;TANZANIA Masai District E Ngorongoro, Oldonyo Was, 22 Sept. 1932, B.D. Burtt 4298!;UGANDA Kigezi District foot of Virunga [Mufumbira] Mts, 24 Apr. 1970, Katende & Lye 209!;UGANDA Mengo District Kampala, 3 Dec. 1932, Hancock 1180!KENYA Embu District Mt Kenya, vicinity of Castle Forest Station, 5 Jan. 1967, Perdue & Kibuwa 8406! & S slopes of Mt Kenya, 20 Jan. 1973, Spjut & Ensor 3060!TANZANIA Lushoto District W Usambara Mts, Mkuzi, hillside NE of village, 12 June 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2898!;TANZANIA Iringa District Mt Image, 2 Mar. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1646!
Notes
Because the type of the variety placed in synonymy here has been destroyed, material from as close to the type locality as possible was examined and on the basis of this and the characters given in the original description, the conclusion has been drawn that thevariety cannot be maintained as distinct. Gillett et al. 17113 (Teita District, Teita Hills, SE end of Ngangao Mt) would appear to represent a glabrous form of this species.
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, (2000) Author: Brian Stannard
Names
BRUCEA antidysenterica J.F. Mill. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], Ic. Anim. Pl., t. 25 (1779); Oliv. in F.T.A. 1: 309 (1868); P.O.A. C: 227 (1895); Z.A.E.: 427 (1912); Engl. in E. & P.Pf., ed. 2, 19a: 386, fig. 179/a–e (1931); Burtt Davy, Check-lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 112 (1935); Lebrun, Ess. For. Rég. Mont. Congo Orient.: 104 (1935); T.S.K.: 100 (1936); F.P.N.A. 1: 415 (1948); T.T.C.L.: 572 (1949); Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1: 277 (1951); I.T.U., ed. 2: 408 (1952); E.P.A.: 374 (1956); Keay, F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 692 (1958); G.C.C. Gilbert in F.C.B. 7: 129 (1958); K.T.S.: 535 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 172 (1962); Wild & J.B. Phipps in F.Z. 2: 212, t. 38 (1963); Stannard in Fl. Eth. 3: 440, fig. 122/2.2 (1990); K.T.S.L.: 374, fig. on 375 (1994). Type: Ethiopia, cultivated at Kew from seeds sent by Bruce
BRUCEA ferruginea L’Hér. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], Stirp. Nov.: 19, t. 10 (1785). Type: Ethiopia; L’Hér., Stirp. Nov., t. 10
BRUCEA antidysenterica Engl. var. crassivenia [family SIMAROUBACEAE], in E.J. 46: 285 (1911); T.T.C.L.: 572 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Masai District, Ela Nairobi crater, Jaeger 512 (B†, holo.)
BRUCEA salutaris A. Chev. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 8: 145 (1912). Type: Guinea, Fouta Djalon, Diaguissa-Dalaba plateau, Chevalier 18760 (P, holo.)
Information
Shrub or small tree to 10(–15) m; bark of older stems smooth, grey to pale brown; young stems covered with ferruginous pubescence. Leaves 10–65 cm long, ferruginous pubescent (rarely almost glabrous); lateral leaflets in 2–6 pairs, narrowly oblong to narrowly ovate, 3–18 cm long, 1.5–8 cm wide, becoming somewhat smaller towards the leaf-base, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, asymmetric and rounded at base, margins entire to shallowly repand, gland dots near margin not always clearly visible; leaflets subsessile (usually more so towards the leaf apex) or with petiolules up to 10 mm, terminal petiolules 6–35 mm. Inflorescence 5–36 cm long, spiciform, polygamous, axis ferruginous pubescent; male and female/hermaphrodite flowers on separate inflorescences, in distant glomerules. Sepals 4(–5), oblong to ovate, 2–3 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, acute, pubescent inside and outside. Petals 4(–5), oblong to ovate, 1.5–3 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, pubescent outside, sometimes inside. Stamens 4(–5), 1–1.25 mm long in male flowers, glabrous; anthers ovate elliptic, 0.5–0.75 mm long. Disc 1–1.25 mm in diameter. Gynoecium of 4–5 free carpels, 1–2.5 mm tall, 1–3 mm wide, glabrous or pubescent; stigmas 1 mm long, free, reflexed back and outwards in cruciform pattern. Infructescence (4–)7–40 cm long. Fruits of 1–4 mericarps on fruiting pedicels 1–8 mm long; mericarps ellipsoid, 9–14 mm long, 6–8 mm wide, acute at apex, glabrous, red; sarcocarp thin; endocarp reticulately wrinkled, hard. Seed 8–9 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Fig. 3.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; K 1, 3, 4, 6, 7; T 2–4, 7 A genus of ± 6 species occurring in the Old World tropics from tropical Africa to tropical Asia and N Australia.; tropical Africa from Guinea to Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo (Kinshasa), Burundi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia and Malawi
Altitude range
1400–2800 m
Distribution
UGANDA Toro District Nyakasura School, 22 June 1932, Shillito 117!;KENYA Northern Frontier Province near top of Mt Kulal, 27 July 1958, Verdcourt 2235!;TANZANIA Masai District E Ngorongoro, Oldonyo Was, 22 Sept. 1932, B.D. Burtt 4298!;UGANDA Kigezi District foot of Virunga [Mufumbira] Mts, 24 Apr. 1970, Katende & Lye 209!;UGANDA Mengo District Kampala, 3 Dec. 1932, Hancock 1180!KENYA Embu District Mt Kenya, vicinity of Castle Forest Station, 5 Jan. 1967, Perdue & Kibuwa 8406! & S slopes of Mt Kenya, 20 Jan. 1973, Spjut & Ensor 3060!TANZANIA Lushoto District W Usambara Mts, Mkuzi, hillside NE of village, 12 June 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2898!;TANZANIA Iringa District Mt Image, 2 Mar. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1646!
Notes
Because the type of the variety placed in synonymy here has been destroyed, material from as close to the type locality as possible was examined and on the basis of this and the characters given in the original description, the conclusion has been drawn that thevariety cannot be maintained as distinct. Gillett et al. 17113 (Teita District, Teita Hills, SE end of Ngangao Mt) would appear to represent a glabrous form of this species.
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, (2000) Author: Brian Stannard
Names
BRUCEA antidysenterica J.F. Mill. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], Ic. Anim. Pl., t. 25 (1779); Oliv. in F.T.A. 1: 309 (1868); P.O.A. C: 227 (1895); Z.A.E.: 427 (1912); Engl. in E. & P.Pf., ed. 2, 19a: 386, fig. 179/a–e (1931); Burtt Davy, Check-lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 112 (1935); Lebrun, Ess. For. Rég. Mont. Congo Orient.: 104 (1935); T.S.K.: 100 (1936); F.P.N.A. 1: 415 (1948); T.T.C.L.: 572 (1949); Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1: 277 (1951); I.T.U., ed. 2: 408 (1952); E.P.A.: 374 (1956); Keay, F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 692 (1958); G.C.C. Gilbert in F.C.B. 7: 129 (1958); K.T.S.: 535 (1961); F.F.N.R.: 172 (1962); Wild & J.B. Phipps in F.Z. 2: 212, t. 38 (1963); Stannard in Fl. Eth. 3: 440, fig. 122/2.2 (1990); K.T.S.L.: 374, fig. on 375 (1994). Type: Ethiopia, cultivated at Kew from seeds sent by Bruce
BRUCEA ferruginea L’Hér. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], Stirp. Nov.: 19, t. 10 (1785). Type: Ethiopia; L’Hér., Stirp. Nov., t. 10
BRUCEA antidysenterica Engl. var. crassivenia [family SIMAROUBACEAE], in E.J. 46: 285 (1911); T.T.C.L.: 572 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Masai District, Ela Nairobi crater, Jaeger 512 (B†, holo.)
BRUCEA salutaris A. Chev. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 8: 145 (1912). Type: Guinea, Fouta Djalon, Diaguissa-Dalaba plateau, Chevalier 18760 (P, holo.)
Information
Shrub or small tree to 10(–15) m; bark of older stems smooth, grey to pale brown; young stems covered with ferruginous pubescence. Leaves 10–65 cm long, ferruginous pubescent (rarely almost glabrous); lateral leaflets in 2–6 pairs, narrowly oblong to narrowly ovate, 3–18 cm long, 1.5–8 cm wide, becoming somewhat smaller towards the leaf-base, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, asymmetric and rounded at base, margins entire to shallowly repand, gland dots near margin not always clearly visible; leaflets subsessile (usually more so towards the leaf apex) or with petiolules up to 10 mm, terminal petiolules 6–35 mm. Inflorescence 5–36 cm long, spiciform, polygamous, axis ferruginous pubescent; male and female/hermaphrodite flowers on separate inflorescences, in distant glomerules. Sepals 4(–5), oblong to ovate, 2–3 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, acute, pubescent inside and outside. Petals 4(–5), oblong to ovate, 1.5–3 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, pubescent outside, sometimes inside. Stamens 4(–5), 1–1.25 mm long in male flowers, glabrous; anthers ovate elliptic, 0.5–0.75 mm long. Disc 1–1.25 mm in diameter. Gynoecium of 4–5 free carpels, 1–2.5 mm tall, 1–3 mm wide, glabrous or pubescent; stigmas 1 mm long, free, reflexed back and outwards in cruciform pattern. Infructescence (4–)7–40 cm long. Fruits of 1–4 mericarps on fruiting pedicels 1–8 mm long; mericarps ellipsoid, 9–14 mm long, 6–8 mm wide, acute at apex, glabrous, red; sarcocarp thin; endocarp reticulately wrinkled, hard. Seed 8–9 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Fig. 3.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; K 1, 3, 4, 6, 7; T 2–4, 7 A genus of ± 6 species occurring in the Old World tropics from tropical Africa to tropical Asia and N Australia.; tropical Africa from Guinea to Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo (Kinshasa), Burundi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia and Malawi
Altitude range
1400–2800 m
Distribution
UGANDA Toro District Nyakasura School, 22 June 1932, Shillito 117!;KENYA Northern Frontier Province near top of Mt Kulal, 27 July 1958, Verdcourt 2235!;TANZANIA Masai District E Ngorongoro, Oldonyo Was, 22 Sept. 1932, B.D. Burtt 4298!;UGANDA Kigezi District foot of Virunga [Mufumbira] Mts, 24 Apr. 1970, Katende & Lye 209!;UGANDA Mengo District Kampala, 3 Dec. 1932, Hancock 1180!KENYA Embu District Mt Kenya, vicinity of Castle Forest Station, 5 Jan. 1967, Perdue & Kibuwa 8406! & S slopes of Mt Kenya, 20 Jan. 1973, Spjut & Ensor 3060!TANZANIA Lushoto District W Usambara Mts, Mkuzi, hillside NE of village, 12 June 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2898!;TANZANIA Iringa District Mt Image, 2 Mar. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1646!
Notes
Because the type of the variety placed in synonymy here has been destroyed, material from as close to the type locality as possible was examined and on the basis of this and the characters given in the original description, the conclusion has been drawn that thevariety cannot be maintained as distinct. Gillett et al. 17113 (Teita District, Teita Hills, SE end of Ngangao Mt) would appear to represent a glabrous form of this species.
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