Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 261, (1960) Author: H. Wild
Names
Lindackeria bukobensis Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 40: 465 (1908); in Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3 2: 569 (1921). — Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 233 (1949). TAB. 44 fig. B. Syntypes from Tanganyika.
Information
Shrub c. 5 m. tall (in Tanganyika up to 13 m. tall) with the young branches brownish-pubescent, later glabrescent and purple-brown. Leaf-lamina 5–14 x 3.5–7.5 cm., obovate or obovate-oblong, apex acute, shortly acuminate or obtuse, base rounded, margin coarsely serrate-dentate, the teeth subspinose, sparsely pilose above, densely so below, some of the hairs stellate; lateral nerves in c. 8 pairs, prominent below, veins laxly reticulate, slightly raised below; petiole pubescent, c. 2 cm. long. Flowers in 3-many-flowered, axillary racemes; peduncle up to 4 cm. long in fruit, densely yellowish-pubescent; pedicels similar, up to 2–5 cm. long; bracts 2 mm. long, pubescent, lanceolate, very caducous. Sepals 10 x 7.5 mm., obovate, rounded at the apex, very concave, densely golden-pilose outside. Petals c. 10, 7 x 5 mm. (probably not fully developed), obovate-elliptic, rounded at the apex, densely pilose outside. Stamens numerous; filaments 2–3 mm. long, pilose; anthers linear, 3.5 mm. long, pilose. Ovary ovoid, densely pilose; style simple, up to 8 mm. long, slender, pilose except towards the narrow apex. Fruit a globose capsule c. 2 cm. in diam. (including bristles), covered with pilose bristles swollen at the base. Seeds 1–3, c. 7 x 4.5 mm., irregularly compressed, with a smooth, sparsely pilose testa.
Distribution
Zambia N Kasama, Luombe R., fr. 31.iii.1944, E.M. & W. 1372 (BM; K; LISC; SRGH).Malawi N Misuku Hills, fl. Lewis 37 (FHO).
Notes
This species is not well known and good mature flowers have so far not been collected. It is possible that Fanshawe 2966 from Nchelenge on Lake Mweru is this species but the leaves are more cuneate and the whole specimen is more nearly glabrate than usual. It is, moreover, a fruiting specimen and it will be necessary to see a range of flowering material from this locality before making a final decision on this plant.