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Oldfieldia somalensis Chiov. Milne-Redh. [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
Oldfieldia somalensis Chiov. Milne-Redh. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 3: 456 (1949). —Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 211 (1961). —Radcliffe-Smith, F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 117 (1987). —Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs Lianas: 216 (1994). Type from Somalia.
Cecchia somalensis Chiov. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Fl. Somala 2: 397, t. 227 (1932).
Paivaeüsa orientalis Mildbr. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 710 (1935). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 221 (1949). Type from Tanzania (Southern Province).
Oldfieldia sp. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Gardner, Trees & Shrubs of Kenya Col.: 47 (1936). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 221 (1949).
Information
A much-branched evergreen tree up to 20 m high.Bark grey or brownish, deeply fissured.Twigs with the leaf scar margins not or scarcely raised, fulvous- or ferrugineous-pubescent at first, later glabrescent, greyish.Leaves opposite or subopposite; petioles 4–7 cm long; leaflets (3)5–7(8), subequal, 4–10 × 1.5–4 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, shortly acuminate at the apex, attenuate or cuneate at the base, firmly chartaceous, evenly pubescent along the midrib above and beneath, and elsewhere sparingly pubescent or subglabrous at first, later glabrescent above, shiny and dark green above, duller and paler beneath; midrib canaliculate above, prominent beneath, lateral nerves in 10–20 pairs, brochidodromous well within the margin, slightly prominent above and beneath; petiolules 1–5 mm long.Male inflorescences: peduncles 1–1.5 cm long; bracts minute; flowers subcapitate.Female inflorescences: peduncles 5 mm long, extending to 1 cm long in fruit, 1(3)-flowered; bracts 3–6 mm long, oblong, fulvous- or ferrugineous-pubescent.Male flowers: pedicels up to 2 mm long; sepals 6–7, 1 mm long, oblong, obtuse, ferrugineous-pubescent without, glabrous within except towards the apex; stamens 5–7, 3–4 mm long, anthers c. 1 mm long; disk 1 × 1 mm, irregularly lobulate, conical at the apex; pistillode minute or absent.Female flowers: pedicels 5 mm long, extending to c. 1 cm in fruit; sepals 5–7 × 1.5–3 mm, oblong, foliaceous, obtuse, pubescent; disk 3 mm in diameter; ovary 2–3-locular, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, ovoid, fulvous-sericeous; styles 2–3, 2 mm long, densely white-pubescent, stigmas velvety, brownish-grey.Fruit 1.5–2 × 1.5–1.8 cm, subglobose, 2–3-lineate, glabrescent, yellow when ripe.Seeds 1–1.3 × 0.8–1 × 0.3 cm, flattened-ovoid, brownish or blackish.
Habitat
In dense mixed coastal forest with abundant lianes, on dunes and sandy soil, with Brachystegia, Cynometra, Trachylobium, Albizia, Craibia and Mimusops
Altitude range
c. 20 m.
20
20
Distribution
Mozambique Z Maganja da Costa, Gobene Forest, 42 km from Vila da Maganja to the coast, fr. 14.ii.1966, Torre & Correia 14603 (LISC).
Distribution (external)
Somalia
Kenya
Tanzania
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
Oldfieldia somalensis Chiov. Milne-Redh. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 3: 456 (1949). —Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 211 (1961). —Radcliffe-Smith, F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 117 (1987). —Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs Lianas: 216 (1994). Type from Somalia.
Cecchia somalensis Chiov. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Fl. Somala 2: 397, t. 227 (1932).
Paivaeüsa orientalis Mildbr. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 710 (1935). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 221 (1949). Type from Tanzania (Southern Province).
Oldfieldia sp. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Gardner, Trees & Shrubs of Kenya Col.: 47 (1936). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 221 (1949).
Information
A much-branched evergreen tree up to 20 m high.Bark grey or brownish, deeply fissured.Twigs with the leaf scar margins not or scarcely raised, fulvous- or ferrugineous-pubescent at first, later glabrescent, greyish.Leaves opposite or subopposite; petioles 4–7 cm long; leaflets (3)5–7(8), subequal, 4–10 × 1.5–4 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, shortly acuminate at the apex, attenuate or cuneate at the base, firmly chartaceous, evenly pubescent along the midrib above and beneath, and elsewhere sparingly pubescent or subglabrous at first, later glabrescent above, shiny and dark green above, duller and paler beneath; midrib canaliculate above, prominent beneath, lateral nerves in 10–20 pairs, brochidodromous well within the margin, slightly prominent above and beneath; petiolules 1–5 mm long.Male inflorescences: peduncles 1–1.5 cm long; bracts minute; flowers subcapitate.Female inflorescences: peduncles 5 mm long, extending to 1 cm long in fruit, 1(3)-flowered; bracts 3–6 mm long, oblong, fulvous- or ferrugineous-pubescent.Male flowers: pedicels up to 2 mm long; sepals 6–7, 1 mm long, oblong, obtuse, ferrugineous-pubescent without, glabrous within except towards the apex; stamens 5–7, 3–4 mm long, anthers c. 1 mm long; disk 1 × 1 mm, irregularly lobulate, conical at the apex; pistillode minute or absent.Female flowers: pedicels 5 mm long, extending to c. 1 cm in fruit; sepals 5–7 × 1.5–3 mm, oblong, foliaceous, obtuse, pubescent; disk 3 mm in diameter; ovary 2–3-locular, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, ovoid, fulvous-sericeous; styles 2–3, 2 mm long, densely white-pubescent, stigmas velvety, brownish-grey.Fruit 1.5–2 × 1.5–1.8 cm, subglobose, 2–3-lineate, glabrescent, yellow when ripe.Seeds 1–1.3 × 0.8–1 × 0.3 cm, flattened-ovoid, brownish or blackish.
Habitat
In dense mixed coastal forest with abundant lianes, on dunes and sandy soil, with Brachystegia, Cynometra, Trachylobium, Albizia, Craibia and Mimusops
Altitude range
c. 20 m.
20
20
Distribution
Mozambique Z Maganja da Costa, Gobene Forest, 42 km from Vila da Maganja to the coast, fr. 14.ii.1966, Torre & Correia 14603 (LISC).
Distribution (external)
Somalia
Kenya
Tanzania
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
Oldfieldia somalensis Chiov. Milne-Redh. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 3: 456 (1949). —Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees & Shrubs: 211 (1961). —Radcliffe-Smith, F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 117 (1987). —Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs Lianas: 216 (1994). Type from Somalia.
Cecchia somalensis Chiov. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Fl. Somala 2: 397, t. 227 (1932).
Paivaeüsa orientalis Mildbr. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 710 (1935). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 221 (1949). Type from Tanzania (Southern Province).
Oldfieldia sp. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Gardner, Trees & Shrubs of Kenya Col.: 47 (1936). —Brenan, Check-list For. Trees Shrubs Tang. Terr.: 221 (1949).
Information
A much-branched evergreen tree up to 20 m high.Bark grey or brownish, deeply fissured.Twigs with the leaf scar margins not or scarcely raised, fulvous- or ferrugineous-pubescent at first, later glabrescent, greyish.Leaves opposite or subopposite; petioles 4–7 cm long; leaflets (3)5–7(8), subequal, 4–10 × 1.5–4 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, shortly acuminate at the apex, attenuate or cuneate at the base, firmly chartaceous, evenly pubescent along the midrib above and beneath, and elsewhere sparingly pubescent or subglabrous at first, later glabrescent above, shiny and dark green above, duller and paler beneath; midrib canaliculate above, prominent beneath, lateral nerves in 10–20 pairs, brochidodromous well within the margin, slightly prominent above and beneath; petiolules 1–5 mm long.Male inflorescences: peduncles 1–1.5 cm long; bracts minute; flowers subcapitate.Female inflorescences: peduncles 5 mm long, extending to 1 cm long in fruit, 1(3)-flowered; bracts 3–6 mm long, oblong, fulvous- or ferrugineous-pubescent.Male flowers: pedicels up to 2 mm long; sepals 6–7, 1 mm long, oblong, obtuse, ferrugineous-pubescent without, glabrous within except towards the apex; stamens 5–7, 3–4 mm long, anthers c. 1 mm long; disk 1 × 1 mm, irregularly lobulate, conical at the apex; pistillode minute or absent.Female flowers: pedicels 5 mm long, extending to c. 1 cm in fruit; sepals 5–7 × 1.5–3 mm, oblong, foliaceous, obtuse, pubescent; disk 3 mm in diameter; ovary 2–3-locular, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, ovoid, fulvous-sericeous; styles 2–3, 2 mm long, densely white-pubescent, stigmas velvety, brownish-grey.Fruit 1.5–2 × 1.5–1.8 cm, subglobose, 2–3-lineate, glabrescent, yellow when ripe.Seeds 1–1.3 × 0.8–1 × 0.3 cm, flattened-ovoid, brownish or blackish.
Habitat
In dense mixed coastal forest with abundant lianes, on dunes and sandy soil, with Brachystegia, Cynometra, Trachylobium, Albizia, Craibia and Mimusops
Altitude range
c. 20 m.
20
20
Distribution
Mozambique Z Maganja da Costa, Gobene Forest, 42 km from Vila da Maganja to the coast, fr. 14.ii.1966, Torre & Correia 14603 (LISC).
Distribution (external)
Somalia
Kenya
Tanzania
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