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Boscia mossambicensis Klotzsch [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
Boscia carsonii Bak. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1895: 288 (1895). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 207 (1915). — Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 108 (1949). — Hauman & Wilczek, F.C.B. 2: 507 (1951). Type: N. Rhodesia, Mweru Plateau, Carson 37 (K, holotype).
Boscia angustifolia [family CAPPARIDACEAE], sensu Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 92 (1868) pro parte. — Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr: 10 (1909).
Boscia mossambicensis Klotzsch [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 164 (1861). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 207 (1915). Type: Mozambique, Tete, Boror, Peters (B, holotype).
Information
Much branched shrub or small tree up to 6 m. tall; young branches glabrous and yellowish, older bark grey-brown. Leaf-lamina 3–8 x 1.5–3.5 cm., coriaceous, oblong, oblanceolate or obovate, apex obtuse and apiculate, cuneate or abruptly and narrowly rounded at the base, margin cartilaginous and sometimes minutely scaberulous, glabrous on both sides, midrib impressed above, prominent below, secondary nerves slightly raised below in adult leaves; petiole up to 8 mm. long, minutely pubescent on the upper side. Inflorescences in terminal, moderately dense, c. 20-flowered racemes on short axillary branches with usually 1–2 leaves below the inflorescence on each branch; bracteoles 3–5 mm. long, subulate, trifid with the middle lobe longest; pedicels up to 1.2 cm. long, glabrous. Sepals greenish, 5–7.5 x 3–4 mm., finally reflexed, narrowly ovate, acute at the apex, pubescent within and densely ciliate at the margins; receptacle granular. Stamens 15–40; filaments up to 1 cm. long, glabrous. Gynophore up to 9 mm. long, glabrous; ovary ovoid, glabrous; stigma capitate, subsessile; ovules 12–15 on 2 placentas. Fruit globose, up to 2 cm. in diam., yellowish, glabrous, shortly apiculate at the apex. Seed usually 1, 7–8 mm. in diam., globose; testa shallowly rugose.
Habitat
drier types of woodland.
Altitude range
In lower-altitude
Distribution
Zimbabwe S Sabi-Lundi Junction, fr. 7.vi.1950, Wild 3436 (K; SRGH).Mozambique M between Uanetze and Magude, fl. 4.v.1944, Torre 6557 (BM; LISC; PRE).Mozambique GI Guijá, Caniçado, fr. 3.vii.1947, Pedro & Pedrógão 1213 (K; LMJ; SRGH).Mozambique T Boroma, fr. 8.vii.1950, Chase 2654 (BM; K; SRGH). MS Mungari, st. 29.viii.1949, Pedro & Pedrógão 8138 (LMJ; PRE).Mozambique Z Boror, fl. Peters (B).Zimbabwe W 27km. S. of Wankie, fr. 12.vii.1952, Codd 7061 (K; PRE; SRGH)Zambia S Gwembe valley, fl. 5.iv.1952, White 2610 (FHO; K).Zambia W Nkana, fl. 30.vi.1952, Holmes 733 (FHO).Mozambique N Imala, between Muíte and Mecuburi, fr. 25.x.1948, Barbosa 2572 (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe N Sebungwe, Kariangwe, fl. 11.vi.1951, Lovemore 56 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mpulungu, fl. 6.vii.1941, Greenway 6192 (K; PRE).Botswana N Chobe R., Ngoma, fl. 23.v.1954, Munro 4 (K; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Swaziland
Belgian Congo
Tanganyika
Notes
The branches apparently have an unpleasant smell when broken.
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
Boscia carsonii Bak. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1895: 288 (1895). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 207 (1915). — Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 108 (1949). — Hauman & Wilczek, F.C.B. 2: 507 (1951). Type: N. Rhodesia, Mweru Plateau, Carson 37 (K, holotype).
Boscia angustifolia [family CAPPARIDACEAE], sensu Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 92 (1868) pro parte. — Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr: 10 (1909).
Boscia mossambicensis Klotzsch [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 164 (1861). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 207 (1915). Type: Mozambique, Tete, Boror, Peters (B, holotype).
Information
Much branched shrub or small tree up to 6 m. tall; young branches glabrous and yellowish, older bark grey-brown. Leaf-lamina 3–8 x 1.5–3.5 cm., coriaceous, oblong, oblanceolate or obovate, apex obtuse and apiculate, cuneate or abruptly and narrowly rounded at the base, margin cartilaginous and sometimes minutely scaberulous, glabrous on both sides, midrib impressed above, prominent below, secondary nerves slightly raised below in adult leaves; petiole up to 8 mm. long, minutely pubescent on the upper side. Inflorescences in terminal, moderately dense, c. 20-flowered racemes on short axillary branches with usually 1–2 leaves below the inflorescence on each branch; bracteoles 3–5 mm. long, subulate, trifid with the middle lobe longest; pedicels up to 1.2 cm. long, glabrous. Sepals greenish, 5–7.5 x 3–4 mm., finally reflexed, narrowly ovate, acute at the apex, pubescent within and densely ciliate at the margins; receptacle granular. Stamens 15–40; filaments up to 1 cm. long, glabrous. Gynophore up to 9 mm. long, glabrous; ovary ovoid, glabrous; stigma capitate, subsessile; ovules 12–15 on 2 placentas. Fruit globose, up to 2 cm. in diam., yellowish, glabrous, shortly apiculate at the apex. Seed usually 1, 7–8 mm. in diam., globose; testa shallowly rugose.
Habitat
drier types of woodland.
Altitude range
In lower-altitude
Distribution
Zimbabwe S Sabi-Lundi Junction, fr. 7.vi.1950, Wild 3436 (K; SRGH).Mozambique M between Uanetze and Magude, fl. 4.v.1944, Torre 6557 (BM; LISC; PRE).Mozambique GI Guijá, Caniçado, fr. 3.vii.1947, Pedro & Pedrógão 1213 (K; LMJ; SRGH).Mozambique T Boroma, fr. 8.vii.1950, Chase 2654 (BM; K; SRGH). MS Mungari, st. 29.viii.1949, Pedro & Pedrógão 8138 (LMJ; PRE).Mozambique Z Boror, fl. Peters (B).Zimbabwe W 27km. S. of Wankie, fr. 12.vii.1952, Codd 7061 (K; PRE; SRGH)Zambia S Gwembe valley, fl. 5.iv.1952, White 2610 (FHO; K).Zambia W Nkana, fl. 30.vi.1952, Holmes 733 (FHO).Mozambique N Imala, between Muíte and Mecuburi, fr. 25.x.1948, Barbosa 2572 (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe N Sebungwe, Kariangwe, fl. 11.vi.1951, Lovemore 56 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mpulungu, fl. 6.vii.1941, Greenway 6192 (K; PRE).Botswana N Chobe R., Ngoma, fl. 23.v.1954, Munro 4 (K; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Swaziland
Belgian Congo
Tanganyika
Notes
The branches apparently have an unpleasant smell when broken.
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
Boscia carsonii Bak. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1895: 288 (1895). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 207 (1915). — Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 108 (1949). — Hauman & Wilczek, F.C.B. 2: 507 (1951). Type: N. Rhodesia, Mweru Plateau, Carson 37 (K, holotype).
Boscia angustifolia [family CAPPARIDACEAE], sensu Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 92 (1868) pro parte. — Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr: 10 (1909).
Boscia mossambicensis Klotzsch [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 164 (1861). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 207 (1915). Type: Mozambique, Tete, Boror, Peters (B, holotype).
Information
Much branched shrub or small tree up to 6 m. tall; young branches glabrous and yellowish, older bark grey-brown. Leaf-lamina 3–8 x 1.5–3.5 cm., coriaceous, oblong, oblanceolate or obovate, apex obtuse and apiculate, cuneate or abruptly and narrowly rounded at the base, margin cartilaginous and sometimes minutely scaberulous, glabrous on both sides, midrib impressed above, prominent below, secondary nerves slightly raised below in adult leaves; petiole up to 8 mm. long, minutely pubescent on the upper side. Inflorescences in terminal, moderately dense, c. 20-flowered racemes on short axillary branches with usually 1–2 leaves below the inflorescence on each branch; bracteoles 3–5 mm. long, subulate, trifid with the middle lobe longest; pedicels up to 1.2 cm. long, glabrous. Sepals greenish, 5–7.5 x 3–4 mm., finally reflexed, narrowly ovate, acute at the apex, pubescent within and densely ciliate at the margins; receptacle granular. Stamens 15–40; filaments up to 1 cm. long, glabrous. Gynophore up to 9 mm. long, glabrous; ovary ovoid, glabrous; stigma capitate, subsessile; ovules 12–15 on 2 placentas. Fruit globose, up to 2 cm. in diam., yellowish, glabrous, shortly apiculate at the apex. Seed usually 1, 7–8 mm. in diam., globose; testa shallowly rugose.
Habitat
drier types of woodland.
Altitude range
In lower-altitude
Distribution
Zimbabwe S Sabi-Lundi Junction, fr. 7.vi.1950, Wild 3436 (K; SRGH).Mozambique M between Uanetze and Magude, fl. 4.v.1944, Torre 6557 (BM; LISC; PRE).Mozambique GI Guijá, Caniçado, fr. 3.vii.1947, Pedro & Pedrógão 1213 (K; LMJ; SRGH).Mozambique T Boroma, fr. 8.vii.1950, Chase 2654 (BM; K; SRGH). MS Mungari, st. 29.viii.1949, Pedro & Pedrógão 8138 (LMJ; PRE).Mozambique Z Boror, fl. Peters (B).Zimbabwe W 27km. S. of Wankie, fr. 12.vii.1952, Codd 7061 (K; PRE; SRGH)Zambia S Gwembe valley, fl. 5.iv.1952, White 2610 (FHO; K).Zambia W Nkana, fl. 30.vi.1952, Holmes 733 (FHO).Mozambique N Imala, between Muíte and Mecuburi, fr. 25.x.1948, Barbosa 2572 (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe N Sebungwe, Kariangwe, fl. 11.vi.1951, Lovemore 56 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mpulungu, fl. 6.vii.1941, Greenway 6192 (K; PRE).Botswana N Chobe R., Ngoma, fl. 23.v.1954, Munro 4 (K; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Swaziland
Belgian Congo
Tanganyika
Notes
The branches apparently have an unpleasant smell when broken.
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