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Ochna thomasiana Eng. & Gilg [family OCHNACEAE]
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, (2005) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
Ochna thomasiana Eng. & Gilg [family OCHNACEAE], in E.J. 33: 245 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 385 (1949); U.O.P.Z.: 382 (1949); K.T.S.: 341 (1961); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980); Blundell, Wild Fl. E Afr.: 63, t. 442 (1987); Thulin, Fl. Som. 1: 241 (1993); K.T.S.L: 123 (1994). Type: Kenya, Lamu, Thomas 192 (B†, holo., K, photo.!, K!, iso.)
Ochna ciliata Engl. var. hildebrandtii [family OCHNACEAE], P.O.A. C: 273 (1895). Types: Kenya, Mombasa, Hildebrandt 1998 (B†, syn.) & Tanzania, Tanga District: Moa, Holst 3071 (B†, syn., K!, isosyn.)
Ochna kirkii [family OCHNACEAE], sensu Gilg in E.J. 33: 245 (1903), non Oliv.
Polythecium hildebrandtii (Engl.) Tiegh. [family ], in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 8, 16: 372 (1932), non Ochna hildebrantii (Baill.) O. Ktze (1891)
Information
Shrub or small tree 1.5–8.4(–9.6) m tall with grey bark and spreading or drooping branches; young branchlets dark purplish, striate, with dense pale lenticels. Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, narrowly to broadly elliptic, ovate-elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 2–15 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, ± acute at apex, the tip being spinous-apiculate, narrowly rounded to slightly subcordate at base, margin with gland tipped setae 1–5 mm long either restricted to base with rest of margin entire or setose all round; lateral veins ± 20 with very close reticulation of partly subparallel tertiary veins, prominent above; petiole 1–4 mm long; stipules half-navicular, 6 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, very soon deciduous. Flowers solitary or up to 10 in racemiform inflorescences; pedicels 1.3–2.5 cm long, jointed at base or 3–8.5 mm from base. Sepals elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, 10–13 mm long, 2–5 mm wide becoming red in fruit and up to 15 mm long, 7 mm wide. Petals bright yellow, obovate or elliptic, with distinct claw, 12–22 mm long, 8–15 mm wide. Anthers orange, 2.5–5 mm long, dehiscing by apical pores; filaments 2–5 mm long. Carpels 8–11; styles shortly free at apex. Drupelets 7–11 or as few as 1 or 2 by abortion, black, ellipsoid, 7–11 mm long, 5–7 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 7; T 3, 6; Z; P also cultivated in Congo (Kinshasa) at Eala and in India
Altitude range
0–400 m
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District between Samburu and MacKinnon Road, near Taru, 3 Sept. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4154!;KENYA Kilifi District Arabuko Forest, 1927, Gardner in F.D. 1428!KENYA Tana River District 1 km S of Bfunbe, 4 Aug. 1988, Robertson & Luke 5317!TANZANIA Lushoto District Luengera Valley, 26 Aug. 1961, Semsei 3291!;TANZANIA Pangani District Kumbamtoni, 12 Oct. 1956, Tanner 3168!;TANZANIA Bagamoyo District Kikoka Forest Reserve, April 1964; Semsei 3831!TANZANIA Zanzibar Mazizini [Massazini], 24 Nov. 1959, Faulkner 2409!
Distribution (external)
Somalia
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, (2005) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
Ochna thomasiana Eng. & Gilg [family OCHNACEAE], in E.J. 33: 245 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 385 (1949); U.O.P.Z.: 382 (1949); K.T.S.: 341 (1961); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980); Blundell, Wild Fl. E Afr.: 63, t. 442 (1987); Thulin, Fl. Som. 1: 241 (1993); K.T.S.L: 123 (1994). Type: Kenya, Lamu, Thomas 192 (B†, holo., K, photo.!, K!, iso.)
Ochna ciliata Engl. var. hildebrandtii [family OCHNACEAE], P.O.A. C: 273 (1895). Types: Kenya, Mombasa, Hildebrandt 1998 (B†, syn.) & Tanzania, Tanga District: Moa, Holst 3071 (B†, syn., K!, isosyn.)
Ochna kirkii [family OCHNACEAE], sensu Gilg in E.J. 33: 245 (1903), non Oliv.
Polythecium hildebrandtii (Engl.) Tiegh. [family ], in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 8, 16: 372 (1932), non Ochna hildebrantii (Baill.) O. Ktze (1891)
Information
Shrub or small tree 1.5–8.4(–9.6) m tall with grey bark and spreading or drooping branches; young branchlets dark purplish, striate, with dense pale lenticels. Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, narrowly to broadly elliptic, ovate-elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 2–15 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, ± acute at apex, the tip being spinous-apiculate, narrowly rounded to slightly subcordate at base, margin with gland tipped setae 1–5 mm long either restricted to base with rest of margin entire or setose all round; lateral veins ± 20 with very close reticulation of partly subparallel tertiary veins, prominent above; petiole 1–4 mm long; stipules half-navicular, 6 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, very soon deciduous. Flowers solitary or up to 10 in racemiform inflorescences; pedicels 1.3–2.5 cm long, jointed at base or 3–8.5 mm from base. Sepals elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, 10–13 mm long, 2–5 mm wide becoming red in fruit and up to 15 mm long, 7 mm wide. Petals bright yellow, obovate or elliptic, with distinct claw, 12–22 mm long, 8–15 mm wide. Anthers orange, 2.5–5 mm long, dehiscing by apical pores; filaments 2–5 mm long. Carpels 8–11; styles shortly free at apex. Drupelets 7–11 or as few as 1 or 2 by abortion, black, ellipsoid, 7–11 mm long, 5–7 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 7; T 3, 6; Z; P also cultivated in Congo (Kinshasa) at Eala and in India
Altitude range
0–400 m
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District between Samburu and MacKinnon Road, near Taru, 3 Sept. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4154!;KENYA Kilifi District Arabuko Forest, 1927, Gardner in F.D. 1428!KENYA Tana River District 1 km S of Bfunbe, 4 Aug. 1988, Robertson & Luke 5317!TANZANIA Lushoto District Luengera Valley, 26 Aug. 1961, Semsei 3291!;TANZANIA Pangani District Kumbamtoni, 12 Oct. 1956, Tanner 3168!;TANZANIA Bagamoyo District Kikoka Forest Reserve, April 1964; Semsei 3831!TANZANIA Zanzibar Mazizini [Massazini], 24 Nov. 1959, Faulkner 2409!
Distribution (external)
Somalia
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, (2005) Author: B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
Ochna thomasiana Eng. & Gilg [family OCHNACEAE], in E.J. 33: 245 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 385 (1949); U.O.P.Z.: 382 (1949); K.T.S.: 341 (1961); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980); Blundell, Wild Fl. E Afr.: 63, t. 442 (1987); Thulin, Fl. Som. 1: 241 (1993); K.T.S.L: 123 (1994). Type: Kenya, Lamu, Thomas 192 (B†, holo., K, photo.!, K!, iso.)
Ochna ciliata Engl. var. hildebrandtii [family OCHNACEAE], P.O.A. C: 273 (1895). Types: Kenya, Mombasa, Hildebrandt 1998 (B†, syn.) & Tanzania, Tanga District: Moa, Holst 3071 (B†, syn., K!, isosyn.)
Ochna kirkii [family OCHNACEAE], sensu Gilg in E.J. 33: 245 (1903), non Oliv.
Polythecium hildebrandtii (Engl.) Tiegh. [family ], in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 8, 16: 372 (1932), non Ochna hildebrantii (Baill.) O. Ktze (1891)
Information
Shrub or small tree 1.5–8.4(–9.6) m tall with grey bark and spreading or drooping branches; young branchlets dark purplish, striate, with dense pale lenticels. Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, narrowly to broadly elliptic, ovate-elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 2–15 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, ± acute at apex, the tip being spinous-apiculate, narrowly rounded to slightly subcordate at base, margin with gland tipped setae 1–5 mm long either restricted to base with rest of margin entire or setose all round; lateral veins ± 20 with very close reticulation of partly subparallel tertiary veins, prominent above; petiole 1–4 mm long; stipules half-navicular, 6 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, very soon deciduous. Flowers solitary or up to 10 in racemiform inflorescences; pedicels 1.3–2.5 cm long, jointed at base or 3–8.5 mm from base. Sepals elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, 10–13 mm long, 2–5 mm wide becoming red in fruit and up to 15 mm long, 7 mm wide. Petals bright yellow, obovate or elliptic, with distinct claw, 12–22 mm long, 8–15 mm wide. Anthers orange, 2.5–5 mm long, dehiscing by apical pores; filaments 2–5 mm long. Carpels 8–11; styles shortly free at apex. Drupelets 7–11 or as few as 1 or 2 by abortion, black, ellipsoid, 7–11 mm long, 5–7 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 7; T 3, 6; Z; P also cultivated in Congo (Kinshasa) at Eala and in India
Altitude range
0–400 m
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District between Samburu and MacKinnon Road, near Taru, 3 Sept. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4154!;KENYA Kilifi District Arabuko Forest, 1927, Gardner in F.D. 1428!KENYA Tana River District 1 km S of Bfunbe, 4 Aug. 1988, Robertson & Luke 5317!TANZANIA Lushoto District Luengera Valley, 26 Aug. 1961, Semsei 3291!;TANZANIA Pangani District Kumbamtoni, 12 Oct. 1956, Tanner 3168!;TANZANIA Bagamoyo District Kikoka Forest Reserve, April 1964; Semsei 3831!TANZANIA Zanzibar Mazizini [Massazini], 24 Nov. 1959, Faulkner 2409!
Distribution (external)
Somalia
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