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Ochna pseudoprocera Sleumer [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 pseudoprocera Sleumer [family OCHNACEAE], in F.R. 39: 277 (1936); T.T.C.L.: 383 (1949); Robson in Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 36: 21 adnot. (1962) and in F.Z. 2: 239 adnot. (1963); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980). Type: Tanzania, Lindi District: 60 km W of Lindi, Rondo [Muera] Plateau, Schlieben 6178 (B†, holo.)
Information
Shrub or tree 1–5(–10) m tall; branches slender, grey, strongly lenticellate. Leaves thin, lanceolate or oblong-elliptic or rarely subovate-lanceolate, 3.5–6.5 cm long, 1–2.4 cm wide, acutely acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, rather distantly serrate, the teeth rather obscure, appearing shallowly crenate to the naked eye; lateral veins ± 30, together with reticulate tertiary venation finely raised on both surfaces; petiole slender, 3–4 mm long; stipules linear, 4 mm long, bifid. Flowers 2–3 at ends of short lateral branchlets; pedicels 1–1.5 cm long, jointed about 1 mm from base. Sepals red in fruit, unequal, narrowly oblong-elliptic to broadly elliptic, 1.2–1.5 cm long, 0.4–1.1 cm wide. Petals yellow, narrowly obovate, 7 mm long, 3.5 mm wide. Anthers 1–1.5 mm long, dehiscing by apical pores (see note); filaments 2.5–3.5 mm long. Styles united save for apical free branches ± 0.5 mm long. Drupelets black, ellipsoid, 8–9 mm long, 6–7 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. T 8 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
300–400 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Kilwa District Nakilala Thicket, 14 Dec. 1975, Vollesen MRC 3075! & Malemba Thicket, 24 Jan. 1977, Vollesen MRC 4376!;TANZANIA Lindi District Sudi, May 1943, Gillman 1464!
Notes
Robson mentions this is related to a species with porate anthers and MRC 3075 certainly has porate anthers but Sleumer clearly states anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Vollesen’s and my interpretation of the species rests on Robson’s identification of Gillman 1464.
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 pseudoprocera Sleumer [family OCHNACEAE], in F.R. 39: 277 (1936); T.T.C.L.: 383 (1949); Robson in Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 36: 21 adnot. (1962) and in F.Z. 2: 239 adnot. (1963); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980). Type: Tanzania, Lindi District: 60 km W of Lindi, Rondo [Muera] Plateau, Schlieben 6178 (B†, holo.)
Information
Shrub or tree 1–5(–10) m tall; branches slender, grey, strongly lenticellate. Leaves thin, lanceolate or oblong-elliptic or rarely subovate-lanceolate, 3.5–6.5 cm long, 1–2.4 cm wide, acutely acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, rather distantly serrate, the teeth rather obscure, appearing shallowly crenate to the naked eye; lateral veins ± 30, together with reticulate tertiary venation finely raised on both surfaces; petiole slender, 3–4 mm long; stipules linear, 4 mm long, bifid. Flowers 2–3 at ends of short lateral branchlets; pedicels 1–1.5 cm long, jointed about 1 mm from base. Sepals red in fruit, unequal, narrowly oblong-elliptic to broadly elliptic, 1.2–1.5 cm long, 0.4–1.1 cm wide. Petals yellow, narrowly obovate, 7 mm long, 3.5 mm wide. Anthers 1–1.5 mm long, dehiscing by apical pores (see note); filaments 2.5–3.5 mm long. Styles united save for apical free branches ± 0.5 mm long. Drupelets black, ellipsoid, 8–9 mm long, 6–7 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. T 8 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
300–400 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Kilwa District Nakilala Thicket, 14 Dec. 1975, Vollesen MRC 3075! & Malemba Thicket, 24 Jan. 1977, Vollesen MRC 4376!;TANZANIA Lindi District Sudi, May 1943, Gillman 1464!
Notes
Robson mentions this is related to a species with porate anthers and MRC 3075 certainly has porate anthers but Sleumer clearly states anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Vollesen’s and my interpretation of the species rests on Robson’s identification of Gillman 1464.
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 pseudoprocera Sleumer [family OCHNACEAE], in F.R. 39: 277 (1936); T.T.C.L.: 383 (1949); Robson in Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 36: 21 adnot. (1962) and in F.Z. 2: 239 adnot. (1963); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980). Type: Tanzania, Lindi District: 60 km W of Lindi, Rondo [Muera] Plateau, Schlieben 6178 (B†, holo.)
Information
Shrub or tree 1–5(–10) m tall; branches slender, grey, strongly lenticellate. Leaves thin, lanceolate or oblong-elliptic or rarely subovate-lanceolate, 3.5–6.5 cm long, 1–2.4 cm wide, acutely acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, rather distantly serrate, the teeth rather obscure, appearing shallowly crenate to the naked eye; lateral veins ± 30, together with reticulate tertiary venation finely raised on both surfaces; petiole slender, 3–4 mm long; stipules linear, 4 mm long, bifid. Flowers 2–3 at ends of short lateral branchlets; pedicels 1–1.5 cm long, jointed about 1 mm from base. Sepals red in fruit, unequal, narrowly oblong-elliptic to broadly elliptic, 1.2–1.5 cm long, 0.4–1.1 cm wide. Petals yellow, narrowly obovate, 7 mm long, 3.5 mm wide. Anthers 1–1.5 mm long, dehiscing by apical pores (see note); filaments 2.5–3.5 mm long. Styles united save for apical free branches ± 0.5 mm long. Drupelets black, ellipsoid, 8–9 mm long, 6–7 mm wide.
Range
DISTR. T 8 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
300–400 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Kilwa District Nakilala Thicket, 14 Dec. 1975, Vollesen MRC 3075! & Malemba Thicket, 24 Jan. 1977, Vollesen MRC 4376!;TANZANIA Lindi District Sudi, May 1943, Gillman 1464!
Notes
Robson mentions this is related to a species with porate anthers and MRC 3075 certainly has porate anthers but Sleumer clearly states anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Vollesen’s and my interpretation of the species rests on Robson’s identification of Gillman 1464.
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