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Ochna schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm. [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 schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm. [family OCHNACEAE], Beitr. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr.: 20 (1889); Gilg in E.J. 33: 234, 240 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 383 (1949); I.T.U. ed. 2: 281 (1952); Keay, F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 223 (1954); Palgrave, Trees Centr. Afr.: 302, illustr. (1956); White, F.F.N.R.: 251, fig. 43h (1962); Robson in F.Z. 1: 248 (1963); Haerdi in Acta Tropica Suppl. 8: 101 (1964); Bamps, F.C.B. Ochnaceae: 15, fig. 2b (1967); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980) & Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 2 (2): 67, fig. 69.1/1–3 (1995). Type: Tanzania, Tabora District: Igonda [Gonda], Boehm 1632 (CORD, lecto., EA, K, photo.!)
Ochna suberosa De Wild. [family OCHNACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 7, Suppl. Bot.: 39 (1919). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Lubumbashi, Hock s.n. (BR, holo.)
Information
Shrub or small tree 2–7(–9) m tall with ± thick dark grey corrugated or reticulately fissured corky bark; slash raw meat coloured; branches mostly not lenticellate, with white or pale yellowish brown bark peeling off in papery strips. Leaves ± coriaceous, obovate-oblanceolate to oblong, 5.5–13.5(–17.5) cm long, (1.3–)1.7–6.5 cm wide, broadly to narrowly rounded at the apex, narrowly cuneate at the base, the margin densely curved-serrulate; lateral veins ± 20, widely spreading, more prominent above than beneath; finely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both surfaces or less so beneath; petiole (3–)5–12 mm long, thick and flattened above. Flowers precocious, 4–10 in racemiform clusters with rhachis up to 8 mm long or pseudoumbellate; pedicels (1–)1.5–3.5(–4.2) cm long, jointed almost at the base. Sepals obovate-elliptic, 4–6 cm long, 3–4.5 wide, rounded, becoming orange-red to deep red in fruit, 10–15 mm long, 6–8 mm wide. Petals bright yellow, obovate to obovate-oblong, 5.5–10 mm long, 4–5.5 mm wide. Anthers 1–2 mm long, about 2/3 the length of the filaments, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Carpels usually 5; styles completely united; stigma globose or slightly bilobed. Drupelets black, subglobose, 7–9(–10) mm long, 6–7(–10) mm wide, inserted near the base.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 3; T 1, 4–8
Altitude range
750–2100 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Bukoba District Nshamba, Sept. 1935, Gillman 560a!;TANZANIA Kigoma District Uvinza, 29 Aug. 1950, Bullock 3239!;TANZANIA Chunya District Lupa N Forest Reserve, 5 Nov. 1963, Boaler 1037!UGANDA West Nile District Paidi, Feb. 1934, Eggeling 1504! & Uleppi, Mar. 1935, Eggeling 1956!;UGANDA Teso District Gola Hill, 15 Sept. 1946, A.S. Thomas 4546!
Distribution (external)
Mali
Ghana
Togo
Nigeria
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Ethiopia
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
Richards and Arasululu (25832) state young leaves sticky and there do appear to be some minute glands in the areoles beneath.
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 schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm. [family OCHNACEAE], Beitr. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr.: 20 (1889); Gilg in E.J. 33: 234, 240 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 383 (1949); I.T.U. ed. 2: 281 (1952); Keay, F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 223 (1954); Palgrave, Trees Centr. Afr.: 302, illustr. (1956); White, F.F.N.R.: 251, fig. 43h (1962); Robson in F.Z. 1: 248 (1963); Haerdi in Acta Tropica Suppl. 8: 101 (1964); Bamps, F.C.B. Ochnaceae: 15, fig. 2b (1967); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980) & Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 2 (2): 67, fig. 69.1/1–3 (1995). Type: Tanzania, Tabora District: Igonda [Gonda], Boehm 1632 (CORD, lecto., EA, K, photo.!)
Ochna suberosa De Wild. [family OCHNACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 7, Suppl. Bot.: 39 (1919). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Lubumbashi, Hock s.n. (BR, holo.)
Information
Shrub or small tree 2–7(–9) m tall with ± thick dark grey corrugated or reticulately fissured corky bark; slash raw meat coloured; branches mostly not lenticellate, with white or pale yellowish brown bark peeling off in papery strips. Leaves ± coriaceous, obovate-oblanceolate to oblong, 5.5–13.5(–17.5) cm long, (1.3–)1.7–6.5 cm wide, broadly to narrowly rounded at the apex, narrowly cuneate at the base, the margin densely curved-serrulate; lateral veins ± 20, widely spreading, more prominent above than beneath; finely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both surfaces or less so beneath; petiole (3–)5–12 mm long, thick and flattened above. Flowers precocious, 4–10 in racemiform clusters with rhachis up to 8 mm long or pseudoumbellate; pedicels (1–)1.5–3.5(–4.2) cm long, jointed almost at the base. Sepals obovate-elliptic, 4–6 cm long, 3–4.5 wide, rounded, becoming orange-red to deep red in fruit, 10–15 mm long, 6–8 mm wide. Petals bright yellow, obovate to obovate-oblong, 5.5–10 mm long, 4–5.5 mm wide. Anthers 1–2 mm long, about 2/3 the length of the filaments, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Carpels usually 5; styles completely united; stigma globose or slightly bilobed. Drupelets black, subglobose, 7–9(–10) mm long, 6–7(–10) mm wide, inserted near the base.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 3; T 1, 4–8
Altitude range
750–2100 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Bukoba District Nshamba, Sept. 1935, Gillman 560a!;TANZANIA Kigoma District Uvinza, 29 Aug. 1950, Bullock 3239!;TANZANIA Chunya District Lupa N Forest Reserve, 5 Nov. 1963, Boaler 1037!UGANDA West Nile District Paidi, Feb. 1934, Eggeling 1504! & Uleppi, Mar. 1935, Eggeling 1956!;UGANDA Teso District Gola Hill, 15 Sept. 1946, A.S. Thomas 4546!
Distribution (external)
Mali
Ghana
Togo
Nigeria
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Ethiopia
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
Richards and Arasululu (25832) state young leaves sticky and there do appear to be some minute glands in the areoles beneath.
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 schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm. [family OCHNACEAE], Beitr. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr.: 20 (1889); Gilg in E.J. 33: 234, 240 (1903); T.T.C.L.: 383 (1949); I.T.U. ed. 2: 281 (1952); Keay, F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 223 (1954); Palgrave, Trees Centr. Afr.: 302, illustr. (1956); White, F.F.N.R.: 251, fig. 43h (1962); Robson in F.Z. 1: 248 (1963); Haerdi in Acta Tropica Suppl. 8: 101 (1964); Bamps, F.C.B. Ochnaceae: 15, fig. 2b (1967); Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 25 (1980) & Fl. Ethiopia & Eritrea 2 (2): 67, fig. 69.1/1–3 (1995). Type: Tanzania, Tabora District: Igonda [Gonda], Boehm 1632 (CORD, lecto., EA, K, photo.!)
Ochna suberosa De Wild. [family OCHNACEAE], in Rev. Zool. Afr. 7, Suppl. Bot.: 39 (1919). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Lubumbashi, Hock s.n. (BR, holo.)
Information
Shrub or small tree 2–7(–9) m tall with ± thick dark grey corrugated or reticulately fissured corky bark; slash raw meat coloured; branches mostly not lenticellate, with white or pale yellowish brown bark peeling off in papery strips. Leaves ± coriaceous, obovate-oblanceolate to oblong, 5.5–13.5(–17.5) cm long, (1.3–)1.7–6.5 cm wide, broadly to narrowly rounded at the apex, narrowly cuneate at the base, the margin densely curved-serrulate; lateral veins ± 20, widely spreading, more prominent above than beneath; finely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both surfaces or less so beneath; petiole (3–)5–12 mm long, thick and flattened above. Flowers precocious, 4–10 in racemiform clusters with rhachis up to 8 mm long or pseudoumbellate; pedicels (1–)1.5–3.5(–4.2) cm long, jointed almost at the base. Sepals obovate-elliptic, 4–6 cm long, 3–4.5 wide, rounded, becoming orange-red to deep red in fruit, 10–15 mm long, 6–8 mm wide. Petals bright yellow, obovate to obovate-oblong, 5.5–10 mm long, 4–5.5 mm wide. Anthers 1–2 mm long, about 2/3 the length of the filaments, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Carpels usually 5; styles completely united; stigma globose or slightly bilobed. Drupelets black, subglobose, 7–9(–10) mm long, 6–7(–10) mm wide, inserted near the base.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 3; T 1, 4–8
Altitude range
750–2100 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Bukoba District Nshamba, Sept. 1935, Gillman 560a!;TANZANIA Kigoma District Uvinza, 29 Aug. 1950, Bullock 3239!;TANZANIA Chunya District Lupa N Forest Reserve, 5 Nov. 1963, Boaler 1037!UGANDA West Nile District Paidi, Feb. 1934, Eggeling 1504! & Uleppi, Mar. 1935, Eggeling 1956!;UGANDA Teso District Gola Hill, 15 Sept. 1946, A.S. Thomas 4546!
Distribution (external)
Mali
Ghana
Togo
Nigeria
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Ethiopia
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
Richards and Arasululu (25832) state young leaves sticky and there do appear to be some minute glands in the areoles beneath.
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