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Ochna leptoclada Oliv. [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 leptoclada Oliv. [family OCHNACEAE], in F.T.A. 1: 318 (1868); Gilg in E.J. 33: 233 (1903); Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 383 (1949) & in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 234 (1953); White, F.F.N.R.: 251, fig. 43f (1962); Robson in F.Z. 2: 243 (1963); Bamps in F.A.C., Ochnaceae: 12 (1967); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980). Types: Malawi, Manganja Hills, Margomero, Meller s.n. & Malabve [Maravi] country, Kirk s.n. (both K!, syn., EA, photo.)
Ochna fruticulosa Gilg [family OCHNACEAE], in E.J. 33: 238 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 382 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Biharomulo District: Ukome I., SW Creek, Niansa, Stuhlmann 882 (B†, holo.)
Information
Shrub or rhizomatous shrublet 0.3–1.3 m tall with brown bark; shoots often caespitose, branched, greyish white with papery epidermis often peeling. Leaves subcoriaceous, mostly ± glaucous, obovate to obovate-oblanceolate, less often oblong, (3–)4–12(–14) cm long, 1.2–4.5(–5.2) cm wide, rounded or subacute at the apex, rarely ± emarginate and minutely apiculate, cuneate and somewhat twisted or curved at base, entire or remotely spinulose serrate; lateral veins 20–30, together with very finely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both surfaces; petiole 2–4 mm long, ± thickened and grooved beneath; stipules triangular, 1–2 mm long. Flowers sometimes appearing when almost leafless, 1–3(–4) in false umbels which often form panicles; pedicels 0.9–2.8 cm long, jointed at the base. Sepals oblong-elliptic, 3–5 mm long, 2–2.5 mm wide, rounded at apex, turning bright deep crimson in fruit and enlarging to 9–15 mm long, 6 mm wide. Petals bright yellow, elliptic to obovate, 6–9 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Anthers 1–2 mm long, 2/3 as long as filaments, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Carpels 5; styles completely united; stigma globose. Drupelets black, subglobose, 6–8 mm long, 5–6 mm wide, inserted at base, wrinkled when dry.
Range
DISTR. U 1; T 1, 4, 6–8
Altitude range
250–1650 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Mwanza District Geita, Butundwe, Oct. 1949, Watkins 316!;TANZANIA Kigoma District S end of Kigoma Bay, 14 June 1980, Hooper et al. 1975!;TANZANIA Ulanga District Msolwa Camp, 2 Nov. 1977, Vollesen 4754!UGANDA West Nile District Aringa, Mt Kee CFR, 20 Feb. 1955, Dale 867 (fide EA)
Distribution (external)
E Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
No authentic material of O. fruticulosa exists but I am certain the above synonymy is correct. Topotypic material is needed to prove it beyond all doubt. Richards & Arasululu 26148 (Tanzania, Mpanda District: Uruwira–Mpanda, km 27) has much more prominently serrate leaf margins but I am sure it belongs here; a suggestion it was O. cyanophylla is not correct.
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 leptoclada Oliv. [family OCHNACEAE], in F.T.A. 1: 318 (1868); Gilg in E.J. 33: 233 (1903); Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 383 (1949) & in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 234 (1953); White, F.F.N.R.: 251, fig. 43f (1962); Robson in F.Z. 2: 243 (1963); Bamps in F.A.C., Ochnaceae: 12 (1967); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980). Types: Malawi, Manganja Hills, Margomero, Meller s.n. & Malabve [Maravi] country, Kirk s.n. (both K!, syn., EA, photo.)
Ochna fruticulosa Gilg [family OCHNACEAE], in E.J. 33: 238 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 382 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Biharomulo District: Ukome I., SW Creek, Niansa, Stuhlmann 882 (B†, holo.)
Information
Shrub or rhizomatous shrublet 0.3–1.3 m tall with brown bark; shoots often caespitose, branched, greyish white with papery epidermis often peeling. Leaves subcoriaceous, mostly ± glaucous, obovate to obovate-oblanceolate, less often oblong, (3–)4–12(–14) cm long, 1.2–4.5(–5.2) cm wide, rounded or subacute at the apex, rarely ± emarginate and minutely apiculate, cuneate and somewhat twisted or curved at base, entire or remotely spinulose serrate; lateral veins 20–30, together with very finely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both surfaces; petiole 2–4 mm long, ± thickened and grooved beneath; stipules triangular, 1–2 mm long. Flowers sometimes appearing when almost leafless, 1–3(–4) in false umbels which often form panicles; pedicels 0.9–2.8 cm long, jointed at the base. Sepals oblong-elliptic, 3–5 mm long, 2–2.5 mm wide, rounded at apex, turning bright deep crimson in fruit and enlarging to 9–15 mm long, 6 mm wide. Petals bright yellow, elliptic to obovate, 6–9 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Anthers 1–2 mm long, 2/3 as long as filaments, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Carpels 5; styles completely united; stigma globose. Drupelets black, subglobose, 6–8 mm long, 5–6 mm wide, inserted at base, wrinkled when dry.
Range
DISTR. U 1; T 1, 4, 6–8
Altitude range
250–1650 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Mwanza District Geita, Butundwe, Oct. 1949, Watkins 316!;TANZANIA Kigoma District S end of Kigoma Bay, 14 June 1980, Hooper et al. 1975!;TANZANIA Ulanga District Msolwa Camp, 2 Nov. 1977, Vollesen 4754!UGANDA West Nile District Aringa, Mt Kee CFR, 20 Feb. 1955, Dale 867 (fide EA)
Distribution (external)
E Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
No authentic material of O. fruticulosa exists but I am certain the above synonymy is correct. Topotypic material is needed to prove it beyond all doubt. Richards & Arasululu 26148 (Tanzania, Mpanda District: Uruwira–Mpanda, km 27) has much more prominently serrate leaf margins but I am sure it belongs here; a suggestion it was O. cyanophylla is not correct.
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 leptoclada Oliv. [family OCHNACEAE], in F.T.A. 1: 318 (1868); Gilg in E.J. 33: 233 (1903); Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 383 (1949) & in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 234 (1953); White, F.F.N.R.: 251, fig. 43f (1962); Robson in F.Z. 2: 243 (1963); Bamps in F.A.C., Ochnaceae: 12 (1967); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980). Types: Malawi, Manganja Hills, Margomero, Meller s.n. & Malabve [Maravi] country, Kirk s.n. (both K!, syn., EA, photo.)
Ochna fruticulosa Gilg [family OCHNACEAE], in E.J. 33: 238 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 382 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Biharomulo District: Ukome I., SW Creek, Niansa, Stuhlmann 882 (B†, holo.)
Information
Shrub or rhizomatous shrublet 0.3–1.3 m tall with brown bark; shoots often caespitose, branched, greyish white with papery epidermis often peeling. Leaves subcoriaceous, mostly ± glaucous, obovate to obovate-oblanceolate, less often oblong, (3–)4–12(–14) cm long, 1.2–4.5(–5.2) cm wide, rounded or subacute at the apex, rarely ± emarginate and minutely apiculate, cuneate and somewhat twisted or curved at base, entire or remotely spinulose serrate; lateral veins 20–30, together with very finely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both surfaces; petiole 2–4 mm long, ± thickened and grooved beneath; stipules triangular, 1–2 mm long. Flowers sometimes appearing when almost leafless, 1–3(–4) in false umbels which often form panicles; pedicels 0.9–2.8 cm long, jointed at the base. Sepals oblong-elliptic, 3–5 mm long, 2–2.5 mm wide, rounded at apex, turning bright deep crimson in fruit and enlarging to 9–15 mm long, 6 mm wide. Petals bright yellow, elliptic to obovate, 6–9 mm long, 4–6 mm wide. Anthers 1–2 mm long, 2/3 as long as filaments, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Carpels 5; styles completely united; stigma globose. Drupelets black, subglobose, 6–8 mm long, 5–6 mm wide, inserted at base, wrinkled when dry.
Range
DISTR. U 1; T 1, 4, 6–8
Altitude range
250–1650 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Mwanza District Geita, Butundwe, Oct. 1949, Watkins 316!;TANZANIA Kigoma District S end of Kigoma Bay, 14 June 1980, Hooper et al. 1975!;TANZANIA Ulanga District Msolwa Camp, 2 Nov. 1977, Vollesen 4754!UGANDA West Nile District Aringa, Mt Kee CFR, 20 Feb. 1955, Dale 867 (fide EA)
Distribution (external)
E Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
No authentic material of O. fruticulosa exists but I am certain the above synonymy is correct. Topotypic material is needed to prove it beyond all doubt. Richards & Arasululu 26148 (Tanzania, Mpanda District: Uruwira–Mpanda, km 27) has much more prominently serrate leaf margins but I am sure it belongs here; a suggestion it was O. cyanophylla is not correct.
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