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Drypetes gerrardii var. grandifolia Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Drypetes gerrardii var. grandifolia Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 476 (1978); in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 98 (1987). Type from Uganda.
Information
Young shoots and petioles sparingly pubescent to subglabrous; leaf blades 6–14(17) × 3–7(9) cm, otherwise as in typical variety; fruits not lobed.
Habitat
Subcanopy tree of submontane mixed evergreen forest
Altitude range
1000–2000 m.
2000
1000
Distribution
Malawi S Mulanje Distr., Ruo Gorge, st. 2.ix.1970, Müller 1493 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Viphya, Uzumara, st. 24.i.1964, Chapman 2220 (MAL; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Uganda
south-western Kenya
north-western Tanzania
Angola
Notes
Vernacular name as recorded in specimen data: “kalembo” (chiNyanja, ciSena).Müller 1594 (K; SRGH), from Nkhata Bay District, Malawi, is intermediate between this and the typical variety.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Drypetes gerrardii var. grandifolia Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 476 (1978); in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 98 (1987). Type from Uganda.
Information
Young shoots and petioles sparingly pubescent to subglabrous; leaf blades 6–14(17) × 3–7(9) cm, otherwise as in typical variety; fruits not lobed.
Habitat
Subcanopy tree of submontane mixed evergreen forest
Altitude range
1000–2000 m.
2000
1000
Distribution
Malawi S Mulanje Distr., Ruo Gorge, st. 2.ix.1970, Müller 1493 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Viphya, Uzumara, st. 24.i.1964, Chapman 2220 (MAL; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Uganda
south-western Kenya
north-western Tanzania
Angola
Notes
Vernacular name as recorded in specimen data: “kalembo” (chiNyanja, ciSena).Müller 1594 (K; SRGH), from Nkhata Bay District, Malawi, is intermediate between this and the typical variety.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 4, (1996) Author: A. Radcliffe-Smith
Names
Drypetes gerrardii var. grandifolia Radcl.-Sm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 32: 476 (1978); in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 98 (1987). Type from Uganda.
Information
Young shoots and petioles sparingly pubescent to subglabrous; leaf blades 6–14(17) × 3–7(9) cm, otherwise as in typical variety; fruits not lobed.
Habitat
Subcanopy tree of submontane mixed evergreen forest
Altitude range
1000–2000 m.
2000
1000
Distribution
Malawi S Mulanje Distr., Ruo Gorge, st. 2.ix.1970, Müller 1493 (K; SRGH).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Viphya, Uzumara, st. 24.i.1964, Chapman 2220 (MAL; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Uganda
south-western Kenya
north-western Tanzania
Angola
Notes
Vernacular name as recorded in specimen data: “kalembo” (chiNyanja, ciSena).Müller 1594 (K; SRGH), from Nkhata Bay District, Malawi, is intermediate between this and the typical variety.
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