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Hilleria latifolia Lam. H. Walt. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 1, page 163, (1988) Author: B. L. Stannard
Names
Rivina latifolia Lam. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Tab. Encycl. Meth. Bot. 1: 324 (1792). Type from Mauritius. Hilleria elastica Vellozo [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Fl. Flum.: 47 (1825) Ic. 1, t. 122 (1835).—Hiern, Cat. Afr Pl. Welw. 4: 900 (1900). Type from Brazil. Ravina apetala Schumacher & Thonn. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 84 (1827).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 174 (1895). Type from Ghana. Mohlana nemoralis Mart. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. Bras. 3: 171. t. 290 (1832)—Baker & C.H. Wright in F.T.A. 6: 95 (1909).—Peter, Fl. Deutsch Ost.-Afr. 2: 252 (1938). Type from Brazil. Hilleria latifolia Lam. H. Walt. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 83: 81, fig. 25 (1909).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 137. fig. 88 (1915).—F.W.T.A. ed. 1, 1: 121 (1927) et ed. 2, 1: 143 U954).—Heimerl in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16 C: 150 (1934).—Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 449 (1949).—Balle in F.C.B. 2: 98, t. 8 (1951).—Cavaco in Fl. Madag.. Phytolaccaceae: 4, fig. 1/1–3 (1954).—Nowicke in Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 55: 340 (1968).—Polhill in F.T.E.A., Phytolaccaceae: 6, fig. 2 (1971). TAB. 44. Type from Mauritius.
Information
Herbs or sub-shrubs up to c. 1.5 m. tall, stems pubescent on younger parts. Leaves: lamina 4.5–15 × 2.0–6.5 cm., ovate-elliptic to elliptic, pubescent to glabrescent along veins below and sometimes along midrib above; petioles 5–55 mm. long, pubescent on superior surface. Racemes to 15 cm. long in fruit; rhachis pubescent to glabrescent; pedicels c. 2 mm. long in flower, to 4 mm. in fruit, glabrous. Bracts c. 1.5 mm. long, caducous, glabrous to setulose (particularly along margins). Bracteoles minute. Sepals 1.5–2 × 1–1.25 mm. in flower, broadly elliptic to obovate. apex rounded, glabrous, green or white. Stamens 4, approximately same length as sepals. Ovary 1–1.5 mm. tall; style very short; stigma capitate. Fruit 2.0–2.5 mm. in diam., ridged around margin; pericarp very thin, adhering to seed. Seed same shape as fruit; testa hard.
Habitat
In varied forest habitats
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Altitude range
400–1600 m. 1600 400
Distribution
Mozambique MS Cheringoma, Inhamitanga, fr.. 6.iv.1945, Simao 343 (LISC; LMA).
Distribution (external)
Madagascar South America
Notes
Often considered to have been introduced from South America but its occurrence in apparently little disturbed habitats would indicate that it is possibly native.

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 1, page 163, (1988) Author: B. L. Stannard
Names
Rivina latifolia Lam. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Tab. Encycl. Meth. Bot. 1: 324 (1792). Type from Mauritius. Hilleria elastica Vellozo [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Fl. Flum.: 47 (1825) Ic. 1, t. 122 (1835).—Hiern, Cat. Afr Pl. Welw. 4: 900 (1900). Type from Brazil. Ravina apetala Schumacher & Thonn. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 84 (1827).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 174 (1895). Type from Ghana. Mohlana nemoralis Mart. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. Bras. 3: 171. t. 290 (1832)—Baker & C.H. Wright in F.T.A. 6: 95 (1909).—Peter, Fl. Deutsch Ost.-Afr. 2: 252 (1938). Type from Brazil. Hilleria latifolia Lam. H. Walt. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 83: 81, fig. 25 (1909).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 137. fig. 88 (1915).—F.W.T.A. ed. 1, 1: 121 (1927) et ed. 2, 1: 143 U954).—Heimerl in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16 C: 150 (1934).—Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 449 (1949).—Balle in F.C.B. 2: 98, t. 8 (1951).—Cavaco in Fl. Madag.. Phytolaccaceae: 4, fig. 1/1–3 (1954).—Nowicke in Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 55: 340 (1968).—Polhill in F.T.E.A., Phytolaccaceae: 6, fig. 2 (1971). TAB. 44. Type from Mauritius.
Information
Herbs or sub-shrubs up to c. 1.5 m. tall, stems pubescent on younger parts. Leaves: lamina 4.5–15 × 2.0–6.5 cm., ovate-elliptic to elliptic, pubescent to glabrescent along veins below and sometimes along midrib above; petioles 5–55 mm. long, pubescent on superior surface. Racemes to 15 cm. long in fruit; rhachis pubescent to glabrescent; pedicels c. 2 mm. long in flower, to 4 mm. in fruit, glabrous. Bracts c. 1.5 mm. long, caducous, glabrous to setulose (particularly along margins). Bracteoles minute. Sepals 1.5–2 × 1–1.25 mm. in flower, broadly elliptic to obovate. apex rounded, glabrous, green or white. Stamens 4, approximately same length as sepals. Ovary 1–1.5 mm. tall; style very short; stigma capitate. Fruit 2.0–2.5 mm. in diam., ridged around margin; pericarp very thin, adhering to seed. Seed same shape as fruit; testa hard.
Habitat
In varied forest habitats
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Altitude range
400–1600 m. 1600 400
Distribution
Mozambique MS Cheringoma, Inhamitanga, fr.. 6.iv.1945, Simao 343 (LISC; LMA).
Distribution (external)
Madagascar South America
Notes
Often considered to have been introduced from South America but its occurrence in apparently little disturbed habitats would indicate that it is possibly native.

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 1, page 163, (1988) Author: B. L. Stannard
Names
Rivina latifolia Lam. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Tab. Encycl. Meth. Bot. 1: 324 (1792). Type from Mauritius. Hilleria elastica Vellozo [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Fl. Flum.: 47 (1825) Ic. 1, t. 122 (1835).—Hiern, Cat. Afr Pl. Welw. 4: 900 (1900). Type from Brazil. Ravina apetala Schumacher & Thonn. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 84 (1827).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 174 (1895). Type from Ghana. Mohlana nemoralis Mart. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. Bras. 3: 171. t. 290 (1832)—Baker & C.H. Wright in F.T.A. 6: 95 (1909).—Peter, Fl. Deutsch Ost.-Afr. 2: 252 (1938). Type from Brazil. Hilleria latifolia Lam. H. Walt. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, 83: 81, fig. 25 (1909).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 137. fig. 88 (1915).—F.W.T.A. ed. 1, 1: 121 (1927) et ed. 2, 1: 143 U954).—Heimerl in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16 C: 150 (1934).—Brenan, T.T.C.L.: 449 (1949).—Balle in F.C.B. 2: 98, t. 8 (1951).—Cavaco in Fl. Madag.. Phytolaccaceae: 4, fig. 1/1–3 (1954).—Nowicke in Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 55: 340 (1968).—Polhill in F.T.E.A., Phytolaccaceae: 6, fig. 2 (1971). TAB. 44. Type from Mauritius.
Information
Herbs or sub-shrubs up to c. 1.5 m. tall, stems pubescent on younger parts. Leaves: lamina 4.5–15 × 2.0–6.5 cm., ovate-elliptic to elliptic, pubescent to glabrescent along veins below and sometimes along midrib above; petioles 5–55 mm. long, pubescent on superior surface. Racemes to 15 cm. long in fruit; rhachis pubescent to glabrescent; pedicels c. 2 mm. long in flower, to 4 mm. in fruit, glabrous. Bracts c. 1.5 mm. long, caducous, glabrous to setulose (particularly along margins). Bracteoles minute. Sepals 1.5–2 × 1–1.25 mm. in flower, broadly elliptic to obovate. apex rounded, glabrous, green or white. Stamens 4, approximately same length as sepals. Ovary 1–1.5 mm. tall; style very short; stigma capitate. Fruit 2.0–2.5 mm. in diam., ridged around margin; pericarp very thin, adhering to seed. Seed same shape as fruit; testa hard.
Habitat
In varied forest habitats
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Altitude range
400–1600 m. 1600 400
Distribution
Mozambique MS Cheringoma, Inhamitanga, fr.. 6.iv.1945, Simao 343 (LISC; LMA).
Distribution (external)
Madagascar South America
Notes
Often considered to have been introduced from South America but its occurrence in apparently little disturbed habitats would indicate that it is possibly native.
Hilleria latifolia Lam. H. Walt. [family PHYTOLACCACEAE]
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