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Cladostemon kirkii Oliv. Pax & Gilg [family CAPPARIDACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 194, (1960) Author: H. Wild
Names
Cladostemon paxianus Gilg [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 185 (1895). Type: Mozambique, Niassa Province, Mossuril, Cabaceira, Carvalho (COI, holotype).
Euadenia kirkii Oliv. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], F.T.A. 1: 91 (1868). Type as above.
Cladostemon kirkii Oliv. Pax & Gilg [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 185 (1895). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 183 (1915). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3 1: 233, t. 147 (1915). — Mime-Redh. in Kew Bull. 1948: 449 (1949). TAB. 33 fig. A. Syntypes: Mozambique, Tete, Lupata, Kirk (K, †). Lectotype: Kirk’s drawing of a specimen from Lupata, (K).
Information
Glabrous bush or small tree not more than 6 m. tall in our area; young branches rather soft and green becoming pale brown. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 3.5–13 x 0.5–7 cm., membranous, elliptic or narrowly ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, the lateral leaflets often asymmetric, undulate and crisped at the margin at least when young; petiole slender, up to 12 cm. long; petiolules up to 4 mm. long, articulate at the base. Flowers in lax, terminal or axillary, corymbose racemes; pedicels up to 7.5 cm. long; bracts similar to the leaves but smaller. Sepals c. 1.5 x 0.4 cm., free or almost free, lanceolate, acuminate, with a strong mid-nerve. Petals pale yellowish, yellowish-green or almost white, the two upper larger, up to 6 x 3 cm., elliptic, attenuate-acuminate at the apex, cuneate with a short claw at the base, undulate and crisped at the margins, with a distinct midrib, lower petals markedly smaller and narrower, 2–3 cm. long. Appendage diverging from the base of the gynophore, equalling or exceeding the sepals and divided into 5–6 filiform segments each terminating in an oblong appendage. Gynophore up to 12 cm. long with the 5–9 stamens adherent for 2/3–8/9 of its length; free portion of filaments up to 2.5 cm. long, slender, arising irregularly from the gynophore; anthers c. 0.9 mm. long, linear. Ovary c. 5 x 3.5 mm., ovoid. Fruit up to 9 cm. in diam., with a tough coriaceous pericarp, pale brown, globose above, narrowing abruptly below into a stalk 10–20 cm. long, which is thicker for the first 3–4 cm. below the globose portion. Seeds numerous, 1–1.3 cm. in diam., subglobose, brown, irregularly compressed.
Habitat
dry, open woodland or bush.
Altitude range
Low-altitude
800
0
inferred from low
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, Maziminhuana, fl. 22.x.1947, Gomes e Sousa 3637 (COI; K; LM; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique GI R. Save, 50km. S. of Massangena, fl. 12.x.1946, Hornby 2492 (K; SRGH).Mozambique T Lupata, fl. & fr. x.1858. Kirk (K).Mozambique MS Dombe, between Guza and Côa, fl. 21.x.1953, Pedro 4374 (K; LMJ; PRE).Mozambique Z between Marral and Mopeia, fl. 15.x.1941, Torre 3673 A (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe S Sabi-Lundi Junction, Chitsa’s Kraal, fr. 14.vi.1950, Chase 2212 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinga, Sabi Valley, fl. xi.1956, Mowbray 130 (K; SRGH).Mozambique N between Mossuril and Cabaceira, fl. 1884–5, Carvalho (COI).Malawi S Zomba, fl. 1901, Sharpe 180 (K).Zimbabwe N Mtoko, Mazoe-Nyaderi R. Junction, fl. & fr. 26.ix.1955, Lovemore 435 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mkupa-Chiengi, fl. 10–12.x.1949, Bullock 1228 (K; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanganyika
Natal (Zululand)
Notes
Apart from the one record from N. Rhodesia, near the shore of Lake Mweru, it is very much a species of the East African coastal plain. A very handsome species with sweet-scented flowers.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 194, (1960) Author: H. Wild
Names
Cladostemon paxianus Gilg [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 185 (1895). Type: Mozambique, Niassa Province, Mossuril, Cabaceira, Carvalho (COI, holotype).
Euadenia kirkii Oliv. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], F.T.A. 1: 91 (1868). Type as above.
Cladostemon kirkii Oliv. Pax & Gilg [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 185 (1895). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 183 (1915). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3 1: 233, t. 147 (1915). — Mime-Redh. in Kew Bull. 1948: 449 (1949). TAB. 33 fig. A. Syntypes: Mozambique, Tete, Lupata, Kirk (K, †). Lectotype: Kirk’s drawing of a specimen from Lupata, (K).
Information
Glabrous bush or small tree not more than 6 m. tall in our area; young branches rather soft and green becoming pale brown. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 3.5–13 x 0.5–7 cm., membranous, elliptic or narrowly ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, the lateral leaflets often asymmetric, undulate and crisped at the margin at least when young; petiole slender, up to 12 cm. long; petiolules up to 4 mm. long, articulate at the base. Flowers in lax, terminal or axillary, corymbose racemes; pedicels up to 7.5 cm. long; bracts similar to the leaves but smaller. Sepals c. 1.5 x 0.4 cm., free or almost free, lanceolate, acuminate, with a strong mid-nerve. Petals pale yellowish, yellowish-green or almost white, the two upper larger, up to 6 x 3 cm., elliptic, attenuate-acuminate at the apex, cuneate with a short claw at the base, undulate and crisped at the margins, with a distinct midrib, lower petals markedly smaller and narrower, 2–3 cm. long. Appendage diverging from the base of the gynophore, equalling or exceeding the sepals and divided into 5–6 filiform segments each terminating in an oblong appendage. Gynophore up to 12 cm. long with the 5–9 stamens adherent for 2/3–8/9 of its length; free portion of filaments up to 2.5 cm. long, slender, arising irregularly from the gynophore; anthers c. 0.9 mm. long, linear. Ovary c. 5 x 3.5 mm., ovoid. Fruit up to 9 cm. in diam., with a tough coriaceous pericarp, pale brown, globose above, narrowing abruptly below into a stalk 10–20 cm. long, which is thicker for the first 3–4 cm. below the globose portion. Seeds numerous, 1–1.3 cm. in diam., subglobose, brown, irregularly compressed.
Habitat
dry, open woodland or bush.
Altitude range
Low-altitude
800
0
inferred from low
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, Maziminhuana, fl. 22.x.1947, Gomes e Sousa 3637 (COI; K; LM; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique GI R. Save, 50km. S. of Massangena, fl. 12.x.1946, Hornby 2492 (K; SRGH).Mozambique T Lupata, fl. & fr. x.1858. Kirk (K).Mozambique MS Dombe, between Guza and Côa, fl. 21.x.1953, Pedro 4374 (K; LMJ; PRE).Mozambique Z between Marral and Mopeia, fl. 15.x.1941, Torre 3673 A (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe S Sabi-Lundi Junction, Chitsa’s Kraal, fr. 14.vi.1950, Chase 2212 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinga, Sabi Valley, fl. xi.1956, Mowbray 130 (K; SRGH).Mozambique N between Mossuril and Cabaceira, fl. 1884–5, Carvalho (COI).Malawi S Zomba, fl. 1901, Sharpe 180 (K).Zimbabwe N Mtoko, Mazoe-Nyaderi R. Junction, fl. & fr. 26.ix.1955, Lovemore 435 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mkupa-Chiengi, fl. 10–12.x.1949, Bullock 1228 (K; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanganyika
Natal (Zululand)
Notes
Apart from the one record from N. Rhodesia, near the shore of Lake Mweru, it is very much a species of the East African coastal plain. A very handsome species with sweet-scented flowers.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 194, (1960) Author: H. Wild
Names
Cladostemon paxianus Gilg [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 185 (1895). Type: Mozambique, Niassa Province, Mossuril, Cabaceira, Carvalho (COI, holotype).
Euadenia kirkii Oliv. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], F.T.A. 1: 91 (1868). Type as above.
Cladostemon kirkii Oliv. Pax & Gilg [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 185 (1895). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 183 (1915). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3 1: 233, t. 147 (1915). — Mime-Redh. in Kew Bull. 1948: 449 (1949). TAB. 33 fig. A. Syntypes: Mozambique, Tete, Lupata, Kirk (K, †). Lectotype: Kirk’s drawing of a specimen from Lupata, (K).
Information
Glabrous bush or small tree not more than 6 m. tall in our area; young branches rather soft and green becoming pale brown. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 3.5–13 x 0.5–7 cm., membranous, elliptic or narrowly ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, the lateral leaflets often asymmetric, undulate and crisped at the margin at least when young; petiole slender, up to 12 cm. long; petiolules up to 4 mm. long, articulate at the base. Flowers in lax, terminal or axillary, corymbose racemes; pedicels up to 7.5 cm. long; bracts similar to the leaves but smaller. Sepals c. 1.5 x 0.4 cm., free or almost free, lanceolate, acuminate, with a strong mid-nerve. Petals pale yellowish, yellowish-green or almost white, the two upper larger, up to 6 x 3 cm., elliptic, attenuate-acuminate at the apex, cuneate with a short claw at the base, undulate and crisped at the margins, with a distinct midrib, lower petals markedly smaller and narrower, 2–3 cm. long. Appendage diverging from the base of the gynophore, equalling or exceeding the sepals and divided into 5–6 filiform segments each terminating in an oblong appendage. Gynophore up to 12 cm. long with the 5–9 stamens adherent for 2/3–8/9 of its length; free portion of filaments up to 2.5 cm. long, slender, arising irregularly from the gynophore; anthers c. 0.9 mm. long, linear. Ovary c. 5 x 3.5 mm., ovoid. Fruit up to 9 cm. in diam., with a tough coriaceous pericarp, pale brown, globose above, narrowing abruptly below into a stalk 10–20 cm. long, which is thicker for the first 3–4 cm. below the globose portion. Seeds numerous, 1–1.3 cm. in diam., subglobose, brown, irregularly compressed.
Habitat
dry, open woodland or bush.
Altitude range
Low-altitude
800
0
inferred from low
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, Maziminhuana, fl. 22.x.1947, Gomes e Sousa 3637 (COI; K; LM; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique GI R. Save, 50km. S. of Massangena, fl. 12.x.1946, Hornby 2492 (K; SRGH).Mozambique T Lupata, fl. & fr. x.1858. Kirk (K).Mozambique MS Dombe, between Guza and Côa, fl. 21.x.1953, Pedro 4374 (K; LMJ; PRE).Mozambique Z between Marral and Mopeia, fl. 15.x.1941, Torre 3673 A (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe S Sabi-Lundi Junction, Chitsa’s Kraal, fr. 14.vi.1950, Chase 2212 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinga, Sabi Valley, fl. xi.1956, Mowbray 130 (K; SRGH).Mozambique N between Mossuril and Cabaceira, fl. 1884–5, Carvalho (COI).Malawi S Zomba, fl. 1901, Sharpe 180 (K).Zimbabwe N Mtoko, Mazoe-Nyaderi R. Junction, fl. & fr. 26.ix.1955, Lovemore 435 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mkupa-Chiengi, fl. 10–12.x.1949, Bullock 1228 (K; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanganyika
Natal (Zululand)
Notes
Apart from the one record from N. Rhodesia, near the shore of Lake Mweru, it is very much a species of the East African coastal plain. A very handsome species with sweet-scented flowers.
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