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Lophira lanceolata Keay [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
Lophira lanceolata Keay [family OCHNACEAE], in K.B. 8: 488 (1954) & in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 231 (1954); Keay, Onochie & Stanfield, Niger. Trees 1: 231 (1954); Irvine, Woody Pl. Ghana: 91, fig. 28 (1966); Dale, I.T.U. corrig. & addenda: 8 (1956); Bamps in F.C.B. Ochnaceae: 56 (1967) & in B.J.B.B. 40: 293 (1970); Keay, Nigerian Trees: 73, fig. 30 (1989). Type: Guinea, Kebali, Maclaud 443 (P, holo., K, photo.!)
Lophira africana G. Don [family OCHNACEAE], in Gen. syst. 1: 814 (1831) pro parte quoad descr., non Banks ex G. Don
Lophira alata [family OCHNACEAE], sensu Oliv. in F.T.A. 1: 174 (1868) pro parte & in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 33 (1873) (with extensive notes by J.A. Grant); F.W.T.A. ed. 1: 195 (1927) pro parte; Chalk and Burtt Davy, For. Trees & Timbers Brit. Emp. 2: 76 (1933) pro parte; Aubréville, Fl. For. Côte Iv. 2: 269 (1936) & Fl. For. Soud. Guin.: 80, t. 13 (1950); Dale & Eggeling, I.T.U. ed. 2: 276, fig. 61 (1952), non Gaertn. f.
Lophira lanceolata Tiegh. [family OCHNACEAE], in Journ. de Bot. 15: 187 (1901) nom. provis.
Lophira spatulata Tiegh. [family OCHNACEAE], in Journ. de Bot. 15: 187 (1901) nom. provis. pro parte quoad Barter 1167
Information
Coarsely branched tree up to 9–16 m tall with clean bole up to 7.5 m tall; bark corky, grey, very coarsely flaking in small pieces; flakes brick-red to yellow beneath, brittle; slash bright yellow cork layer above, crimson-red granular beneath. Leaves red when young, oblong-lanceolate, 11–45 cm long, 2–9 cm wide, rounded to retuse at the apex, cuneate and often asymmetrical at base, entire, glabrous; lateral veins very numerous together with midrib prominent on both surfaces; petiole 2–6 cm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, 3–5 mm long, 0.7 mm wide, deciduous. Panicles profuse, terminal, pyramidal, lax, 15–20 cm long; axes angular, striate, glabrous. Flowers white, scented; pedicels 1–1.5 cm long, jointed near apex, glabrous. Sepals unequal, glabrous; 2 outer ovate-acuminate, 7–8 mm long, 4–5 mm wide, acute at apex; inner 3 broadly ovate, 6 mm long, 5 mm wide, obtuse at apex. Petals obcordate, 1.7 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, glabrous. Stamens with filaments white, 4–6 mm long and anthers orange, 4–5 mm long. Ovary white, conical, 8 mm long, 3 mm wide; stigmas 1–2 mm long; ovules 8–16. Fruits conical, 3 cm long, 1 cm wide, glabrous with unequal wing-like enlarged sepals, one 8–10 cm long, 2–2.5 cm wide and the other 2.5–5 cm long, 0.6–1 cm wide. Seed 1, ovoid, 1.6 cm long, 8 mm wide. Fig. 8 (p. 54).
Range
DISTR. U 1 Senegal to Cameroon,
Altitude range
900–1500 m
Distribution
UGANDA West Nile District 200 yards N of where Amua leaves Otze Forest Reserve near boundary and Amua path, 5 Dec. 1947, Dawkins 300! & Otze Forest Reserve, 16 Dec. 1962, Styles 275!;UGANDA Acholi District Gulu, 15 May 1932, Hancock in Tothill 1118!
Distribution (external)
Central African Republic
Congo (Kinshasa)
Sudan
Notes
The wood is very tough and durable being stronger and harder than teak; the seeds yield oil.
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
Lophira lanceolata Keay [family OCHNACEAE], in K.B. 8: 488 (1954) & in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 231 (1954); Keay, Onochie & Stanfield, Niger. Trees 1: 231 (1954); Irvine, Woody Pl. Ghana: 91, fig. 28 (1966); Dale, I.T.U. corrig. & addenda: 8 (1956); Bamps in F.C.B. Ochnaceae: 56 (1967) & in B.J.B.B. 40: 293 (1970); Keay, Nigerian Trees: 73, fig. 30 (1989). Type: Guinea, Kebali, Maclaud 443 (P, holo., K, photo.!)
Lophira africana G. Don [family OCHNACEAE], in Gen. syst. 1: 814 (1831) pro parte quoad descr., non Banks ex G. Don
Lophira alata [family OCHNACEAE], sensu Oliv. in F.T.A. 1: 174 (1868) pro parte & in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 33 (1873) (with extensive notes by J.A. Grant); F.W.T.A. ed. 1: 195 (1927) pro parte; Chalk and Burtt Davy, For. Trees & Timbers Brit. Emp. 2: 76 (1933) pro parte; Aubréville, Fl. For. Côte Iv. 2: 269 (1936) & Fl. For. Soud. Guin.: 80, t. 13 (1950); Dale & Eggeling, I.T.U. ed. 2: 276, fig. 61 (1952), non Gaertn. f.
Lophira lanceolata Tiegh. [family OCHNACEAE], in Journ. de Bot. 15: 187 (1901) nom. provis.
Lophira spatulata Tiegh. [family OCHNACEAE], in Journ. de Bot. 15: 187 (1901) nom. provis. pro parte quoad Barter 1167
Information
Coarsely branched tree up to 9–16 m tall with clean bole up to 7.5 m tall; bark corky, grey, very coarsely flaking in small pieces; flakes brick-red to yellow beneath, brittle; slash bright yellow cork layer above, crimson-red granular beneath. Leaves red when young, oblong-lanceolate, 11–45 cm long, 2–9 cm wide, rounded to retuse at the apex, cuneate and often asymmetrical at base, entire, glabrous; lateral veins very numerous together with midrib prominent on both surfaces; petiole 2–6 cm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, 3–5 mm long, 0.7 mm wide, deciduous. Panicles profuse, terminal, pyramidal, lax, 15–20 cm long; axes angular, striate, glabrous. Flowers white, scented; pedicels 1–1.5 cm long, jointed near apex, glabrous. Sepals unequal, glabrous; 2 outer ovate-acuminate, 7–8 mm long, 4–5 mm wide, acute at apex; inner 3 broadly ovate, 6 mm long, 5 mm wide, obtuse at apex. Petals obcordate, 1.7 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, glabrous. Stamens with filaments white, 4–6 mm long and anthers orange, 4–5 mm long. Ovary white, conical, 8 mm long, 3 mm wide; stigmas 1–2 mm long; ovules 8–16. Fruits conical, 3 cm long, 1 cm wide, glabrous with unequal wing-like enlarged sepals, one 8–10 cm long, 2–2.5 cm wide and the other 2.5–5 cm long, 0.6–1 cm wide. Seed 1, ovoid, 1.6 cm long, 8 mm wide. Fig. 8 (p. 54).
Range
DISTR. U 1 Senegal to Cameroon,
Altitude range
900–1500 m
Distribution
UGANDA West Nile District 200 yards N of where Amua leaves Otze Forest Reserve near boundary and Amua path, 5 Dec. 1947, Dawkins 300! & Otze Forest Reserve, 16 Dec. 1962, Styles 275!;UGANDA Acholi District Gulu, 15 May 1932, Hancock in Tothill 1118!
Distribution (external)
Central African Republic
Congo (Kinshasa)
Sudan
Notes
The wood is very tough and durable being stronger and harder than teak; the seeds yield oil.
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
Lophira lanceolata Keay [family OCHNACEAE], in K.B. 8: 488 (1954) & in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 231 (1954); Keay, Onochie & Stanfield, Niger. Trees 1: 231 (1954); Irvine, Woody Pl. Ghana: 91, fig. 28 (1966); Dale, I.T.U. corrig. & addenda: 8 (1956); Bamps in F.C.B. Ochnaceae: 56 (1967) & in B.J.B.B. 40: 293 (1970); Keay, Nigerian Trees: 73, fig. 30 (1989). Type: Guinea, Kebali, Maclaud 443 (P, holo., K, photo.!)
Lophira africana G. Don [family OCHNACEAE], in Gen. syst. 1: 814 (1831) pro parte quoad descr., non Banks ex G. Don
Lophira alata [family OCHNACEAE], sensu Oliv. in F.T.A. 1: 174 (1868) pro parte & in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 33 (1873) (with extensive notes by J.A. Grant); F.W.T.A. ed. 1: 195 (1927) pro parte; Chalk and Burtt Davy, For. Trees & Timbers Brit. Emp. 2: 76 (1933) pro parte; Aubréville, Fl. For. Côte Iv. 2: 269 (1936) & Fl. For. Soud. Guin.: 80, t. 13 (1950); Dale & Eggeling, I.T.U. ed. 2: 276, fig. 61 (1952), non Gaertn. f.
Lophira lanceolata Tiegh. [family OCHNACEAE], in Journ. de Bot. 15: 187 (1901) nom. provis.
Lophira spatulata Tiegh. [family OCHNACEAE], in Journ. de Bot. 15: 187 (1901) nom. provis. pro parte quoad Barter 1167
Information
Coarsely branched tree up to 9–16 m tall with clean bole up to 7.5 m tall; bark corky, grey, very coarsely flaking in small pieces; flakes brick-red to yellow beneath, brittle; slash bright yellow cork layer above, crimson-red granular beneath. Leaves red when young, oblong-lanceolate, 11–45 cm long, 2–9 cm wide, rounded to retuse at the apex, cuneate and often asymmetrical at base, entire, glabrous; lateral veins very numerous together with midrib prominent on both surfaces; petiole 2–6 cm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, 3–5 mm long, 0.7 mm wide, deciduous. Panicles profuse, terminal, pyramidal, lax, 15–20 cm long; axes angular, striate, glabrous. Flowers white, scented; pedicels 1–1.5 cm long, jointed near apex, glabrous. Sepals unequal, glabrous; 2 outer ovate-acuminate, 7–8 mm long, 4–5 mm wide, acute at apex; inner 3 broadly ovate, 6 mm long, 5 mm wide, obtuse at apex. Petals obcordate, 1.7 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, glabrous. Stamens with filaments white, 4–6 mm long and anthers orange, 4–5 mm long. Ovary white, conical, 8 mm long, 3 mm wide; stigmas 1–2 mm long; ovules 8–16. Fruits conical, 3 cm long, 1 cm wide, glabrous with unequal wing-like enlarged sepals, one 8–10 cm long, 2–2.5 cm wide and the other 2.5–5 cm long, 0.6–1 cm wide. Seed 1, ovoid, 1.6 cm long, 8 mm wide. Fig. 8 (p. 54).
Range
DISTR. U 1 Senegal to Cameroon,
Altitude range
900–1500 m
Distribution
UGANDA West Nile District 200 yards N of where Amua leaves Otze Forest Reserve near boundary and Amua path, 5 Dec. 1947, Dawkins 300! & Otze Forest Reserve, 16 Dec. 1962, Styles 275!;UGANDA Acholi District Gulu, 15 May 1932, Hancock in Tothill 1118!
Distribution (external)
Central African Republic
Congo (Kinshasa)
Sudan
Notes
The wood is very tough and durable being stronger and harder than teak; the seeds yield oil.
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