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ALAFIA caudata Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE]
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, (2002) Author: E.A. OMINO
Names
ALAFIA caudata Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in K.B. 1894: 123 (1894); Pichon in B.J.B.B. 24: 164, t 3/c–d (1954), pro parte; Kupicha in B.J.B.B. 51: 160 (1981) & in F.Z. 7, 2: 490 (1985); K.T.S.L.: 475, ill. (1994); Leeuwenberg in K.B. 52 (4): 781, t.3 (1997). Lectotype: Angola, Golungo Alto, Alto Queta Mts, Welwitsch 5955 (K, lecto., BM, BR, C, P, iso., chosen by Kupicha)
ALAFIA butayei Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 199 (1902). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Bandundu, between Dembo & Kwango R., Butaye 1491 (BR, holo., K, iso.)
ALAFIA caudata Kupicha subsp. latiloba [family APOCYNACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 51: 161, t. 4 (1981). Type: Tanzania, Newala, Hay 77 (K, holo., B, BR, S, iso.)
Information
Liana 3–25 m high with white latex; branches dark brown with pale brown lenticels; branchlets glabrous. Leaves petiolate; blade (narrowly) elliptic, 3–9 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, acuminate or caudate at the apex, cuneate or rounded at the base, glabrous, with 4–9 pairs of secondary veins forming an angle of 45–60° with the midrib; petiole 1–5 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal and often also axillary, few-flowered, glabrous; peduncle 3–16 mm long; pedicels 3–10 mm long. Flowers fragrant; sepals ovate, 1.2–2.2 mm long, 0.8–1.4 mm wide, obtuse, glabrous, with one colleter near the edge; corolla white, tube often partly pink outside; mature bud with an ovoid head about as long as the tube; tube 5–9 mm long, widest at the insertion of the stamens; lobes obliquely oblong or obliquely ovate, 4.5–12 mm long, 2.5–8 mm wide, rounded, spreading or recurved; stamens with apex 1.2 mm below to 1 mm above the mouth of the corolla tube, inserted at 2–5 mm from the base; anthers 2.8–4.5 mm long; style 2.2–4 mm long; pistil head 0.5–1 mm long, stigmoid apex minute; ovules ± 100 in each carpel. Fruit brown, 15–40 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide, glabrous; seed 15–25 mm long; coma 2.5–3.5 cm long.
Range
DISTR. K 7; T 8; P
Altitude range
0–800 m
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Dzombo Mt, 8 Apr. 1968, Magogo & Glover 791! & Buda Mafisini Forest Reserve, 25 Feb. 1989, Luke & Robertson 1680!;KENYA Kilifi District Mangea Hill, 16 Feb. 1988, Luke & Robertson 985!TANZANIA Lindi District Rondo Forest Reserve, 9 Feb. 1991, Bidgood et al ., 1423! & Jun. 1944, Gillman 1555!;TANZANIA Newala District Kitangari, May 1943, Gillman 2564!TANZANIA Pemba Ngezi Forest, Dec. 1983, Rodgers et al. 2722
Distribution (external)
; Cameroon
Gabon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Angola
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
USES. None recorded
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, (2002) Author: E.A. OMINO
Names
ALAFIA caudata Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in K.B. 1894: 123 (1894); Pichon in B.J.B.B. 24: 164, t 3/c–d (1954), pro parte; Kupicha in B.J.B.B. 51: 160 (1981) & in F.Z. 7, 2: 490 (1985); K.T.S.L.: 475, ill. (1994); Leeuwenberg in K.B. 52 (4): 781, t.3 (1997). Lectotype: Angola, Golungo Alto, Alto Queta Mts, Welwitsch 5955 (K, lecto., BM, BR, C, P, iso., chosen by Kupicha)
ALAFIA butayei Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 199 (1902). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Bandundu, between Dembo & Kwango R., Butaye 1491 (BR, holo., K, iso.)
ALAFIA caudata Kupicha subsp. latiloba [family APOCYNACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 51: 161, t. 4 (1981). Type: Tanzania, Newala, Hay 77 (K, holo., B, BR, S, iso.)
Information
Liana 3–25 m high with white latex; branches dark brown with pale brown lenticels; branchlets glabrous. Leaves petiolate; blade (narrowly) elliptic, 3–9 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, acuminate or caudate at the apex, cuneate or rounded at the base, glabrous, with 4–9 pairs of secondary veins forming an angle of 45–60° with the midrib; petiole 1–5 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal and often also axillary, few-flowered, glabrous; peduncle 3–16 mm long; pedicels 3–10 mm long. Flowers fragrant; sepals ovate, 1.2–2.2 mm long, 0.8–1.4 mm wide, obtuse, glabrous, with one colleter near the edge; corolla white, tube often partly pink outside; mature bud with an ovoid head about as long as the tube; tube 5–9 mm long, widest at the insertion of the stamens; lobes obliquely oblong or obliquely ovate, 4.5–12 mm long, 2.5–8 mm wide, rounded, spreading or recurved; stamens with apex 1.2 mm below to 1 mm above the mouth of the corolla tube, inserted at 2–5 mm from the base; anthers 2.8–4.5 mm long; style 2.2–4 mm long; pistil head 0.5–1 mm long, stigmoid apex minute; ovules ± 100 in each carpel. Fruit brown, 15–40 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide, glabrous; seed 15–25 mm long; coma 2.5–3.5 cm long.
Range
DISTR. K 7; T 8; P
Altitude range
0–800 m
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Dzombo Mt, 8 Apr. 1968, Magogo & Glover 791! & Buda Mafisini Forest Reserve, 25 Feb. 1989, Luke & Robertson 1680!;KENYA Kilifi District Mangea Hill, 16 Feb. 1988, Luke & Robertson 985!TANZANIA Lindi District Rondo Forest Reserve, 9 Feb. 1991, Bidgood et al ., 1423! & Jun. 1944, Gillman 1555!;TANZANIA Newala District Kitangari, May 1943, Gillman 2564!TANZANIA Pemba Ngezi Forest, Dec. 1983, Rodgers et al. 2722
Distribution (external)
; Cameroon
Gabon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Angola
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
USES. None recorded
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, (2002) Author: E.A. OMINO
Names
ALAFIA caudata Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in K.B. 1894: 123 (1894); Pichon in B.J.B.B. 24: 164, t 3/c–d (1954), pro parte; Kupicha in B.J.B.B. 51: 160 (1981) & in F.Z. 7, 2: 490 (1985); K.T.S.L.: 475, ill. (1994); Leeuwenberg in K.B. 52 (4): 781, t.3 (1997). Lectotype: Angola, Golungo Alto, Alto Queta Mts, Welwitsch 5955 (K, lecto., BM, BR, C, P, iso., chosen by Kupicha)
ALAFIA butayei Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 199 (1902). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Bandundu, between Dembo & Kwango R., Butaye 1491 (BR, holo., K, iso.)
ALAFIA caudata Kupicha subsp. latiloba [family APOCYNACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 51: 161, t. 4 (1981). Type: Tanzania, Newala, Hay 77 (K, holo., B, BR, S, iso.)
Information
Liana 3–25 m high with white latex; branches dark brown with pale brown lenticels; branchlets glabrous. Leaves petiolate; blade (narrowly) elliptic, 3–9 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, acuminate or caudate at the apex, cuneate or rounded at the base, glabrous, with 4–9 pairs of secondary veins forming an angle of 45–60° with the midrib; petiole 1–5 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal and often also axillary, few-flowered, glabrous; peduncle 3–16 mm long; pedicels 3–10 mm long. Flowers fragrant; sepals ovate, 1.2–2.2 mm long, 0.8–1.4 mm wide, obtuse, glabrous, with one colleter near the edge; corolla white, tube often partly pink outside; mature bud with an ovoid head about as long as the tube; tube 5–9 mm long, widest at the insertion of the stamens; lobes obliquely oblong or obliquely ovate, 4.5–12 mm long, 2.5–8 mm wide, rounded, spreading or recurved; stamens with apex 1.2 mm below to 1 mm above the mouth of the corolla tube, inserted at 2–5 mm from the base; anthers 2.8–4.5 mm long; style 2.2–4 mm long; pistil head 0.5–1 mm long, stigmoid apex minute; ovules ± 100 in each carpel. Fruit brown, 15–40 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide, glabrous; seed 15–25 mm long; coma 2.5–3.5 cm long.
Range
DISTR. K 7; T 8; P
Altitude range
0–800 m
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Dzombo Mt, 8 Apr. 1968, Magogo & Glover 791! & Buda Mafisini Forest Reserve, 25 Feb. 1989, Luke & Robertson 1680!;KENYA Kilifi District Mangea Hill, 16 Feb. 1988, Luke & Robertson 985!TANZANIA Lindi District Rondo Forest Reserve, 9 Feb. 1991, Bidgood et al ., 1423! & Jun. 1944, Gillman 1555!;TANZANIA Newala District Kitangari, May 1943, Gillman 2564!TANZANIA Pemba Ngezi Forest, Dec. 1983, Rodgers et al. 2722
Distribution (external)
; Cameroon
Gabon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Angola
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
USES. None recorded
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