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Tannodia swynnertonii S. Moore Prain [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
Tannodia swynnertonii S. Moore Prain [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in J. Bot. 50: 127 (1912); in F.T.A. 6, 1: 827 (1912). —Pax in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, vi] 57: 110 (1912). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 395 (1916). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 55 (1921). —Drummond in Kirkia 10: 252 (1975). —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa, ed. 2, rev.: 421 (1983). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 172 (1987). Syntypes: Zimbabwe, Chirinda Forest, male fl. 24.x.1906, Swynnerton 109 (BM; K, chosen here as lectotype; SRGH); fl. 10.xi.1906, Swynnerton 109a (BM, female; K, male); fr. 20.i.1907, Swynnerton 109b (BM; K; SRGH); fl. & fr. ix.1904, Swynnerton 109c (BM, male; K, male; SRGH, female fl. & fr.); female fl. 6.xii.1908, Swynnerton 6519 (BM).
Croton swynnertonii S. Moore [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 50: 194 (1911).
Information
A tree up to 30 m in height.Trunk buttressed, or slightly fluted at the base.Bark smooth, dark brown.Wood hard.Twigs, petioles and inflorescence axes glabrous.Petioles 0.5–3 cm long, pulvinate.Leaf blades 4–13 × 2–7 cm, elliptic-ovate, acuminate at the apex, entire or subentire on the margins, cuneate to rounded or ± truncate at the base, firmly chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, glabrous except for the domatial hair tufts on lower surface; main nerves 3–5 from the base, lateral nerves in 5 pairs.Stipules 1.5 mm long, lanceolate, soon falling.Male inflorescences up to 23 cm long; bracts resembling the stipules, but slightly larger.Male flowers: pedicels up to 4 mm long, glabrous; calyx lobes 2–3 × 2 mm, ovate, obtuse, pubescent without, glabrous within; petals 3–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, obovate-suborbicular, rounded, glabrous without, pubescent within at the base, creamy-white; disk glands subglobose; stamens 4–5 mm long, anthers 1 mm long, white.Female inflorescences up to 19 cm long; bracts 1-flowered.Female flowers: pedicels 3–4 mm long, pubescent; sepals 1 mm long, triangular, subacute, pubescent without, glabrous within, green; petals 3–4 × 2.5 mm, suborbicular, rounded, glabrous, pale yellow or creamy-green; disk 1.5 mm in diameter; ovary 1.5–2 mm in diameter, densely fulvous-tomentose; styles 1–1.5 mm long.Fruit 1–1.5 × 0.9–1.4 cm, ± smooth or shallowly muricate, evenly pubescent.Seeds 9 × 6.5 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth, ± shiny, dark brown.
Habitat
Frequent subcanopy tree of mixed evergreen rainforest, and low altitude evergreen forest
Altitude range
400–1220 m.
1220
400
Distribution
Mozambique MS Mt. Gorongosa, st. 23.vii.1970, Müller & Gordon 1389 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Lusitu R. Valley, below Glencoe For. Res., female fl. x.1966, Goldsmith 101/66 (FHO; K; LISC; MO; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
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
Tannodia swynnertonii S. Moore Prain [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in J. Bot. 50: 127 (1912); in F.T.A. 6, 1: 827 (1912). —Pax in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, vi] 57: 110 (1912). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 395 (1916). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 55 (1921). —Drummond in Kirkia 10: 252 (1975). —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa, ed. 2, rev.: 421 (1983). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 172 (1987). Syntypes: Zimbabwe, Chirinda Forest, male fl. 24.x.1906, Swynnerton 109 (BM; K, chosen here as lectotype; SRGH); fl. 10.xi.1906, Swynnerton 109a (BM, female; K, male); fr. 20.i.1907, Swynnerton 109b (BM; K; SRGH); fl. & fr. ix.1904, Swynnerton 109c (BM, male; K, male; SRGH, female fl. & fr.); female fl. 6.xii.1908, Swynnerton 6519 (BM).
Croton swynnertonii S. Moore [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 50: 194 (1911).
Information
A tree up to 30 m in height.Trunk buttressed, or slightly fluted at the base.Bark smooth, dark brown.Wood hard.Twigs, petioles and inflorescence axes glabrous.Petioles 0.5–3 cm long, pulvinate.Leaf blades 4–13 × 2–7 cm, elliptic-ovate, acuminate at the apex, entire or subentire on the margins, cuneate to rounded or ± truncate at the base, firmly chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, glabrous except for the domatial hair tufts on lower surface; main nerves 3–5 from the base, lateral nerves in 5 pairs.Stipules 1.5 mm long, lanceolate, soon falling.Male inflorescences up to 23 cm long; bracts resembling the stipules, but slightly larger.Male flowers: pedicels up to 4 mm long, glabrous; calyx lobes 2–3 × 2 mm, ovate, obtuse, pubescent without, glabrous within; petals 3–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, obovate-suborbicular, rounded, glabrous without, pubescent within at the base, creamy-white; disk glands subglobose; stamens 4–5 mm long, anthers 1 mm long, white.Female inflorescences up to 19 cm long; bracts 1-flowered.Female flowers: pedicels 3–4 mm long, pubescent; sepals 1 mm long, triangular, subacute, pubescent without, glabrous within, green; petals 3–4 × 2.5 mm, suborbicular, rounded, glabrous, pale yellow or creamy-green; disk 1.5 mm in diameter; ovary 1.5–2 mm in diameter, densely fulvous-tomentose; styles 1–1.5 mm long.Fruit 1–1.5 × 0.9–1.4 cm, ± smooth or shallowly muricate, evenly pubescent.Seeds 9 × 6.5 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth, ± shiny, dark brown.
Habitat
Frequent subcanopy tree of mixed evergreen rainforest, and low altitude evergreen forest
Altitude range
400–1220 m.
1220
400
Distribution
Mozambique MS Mt. Gorongosa, st. 23.vii.1970, Müller & Gordon 1389 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Lusitu R. Valley, below Glencoe For. Res., female fl. x.1966, Goldsmith 101/66 (FHO; K; LISC; MO; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
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
Tannodia swynnertonii S. Moore Prain [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in J. Bot. 50: 127 (1912); in F.T.A. 6, 1: 827 (1912). —Pax in Engler, Pflanzenr. [IV, fam. 147, vi] 57: 110 (1912). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 5: 395 (1916). —Engler, Pflanzenw. Afrikas (Veg. Erde 9) 3, 2: 55 (1921). —Drummond in Kirkia 10: 252 (1975). —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa, ed. 2, rev.: 421 (1983). —Radcliffe-Smith in F.T.E.A., Euphorb. 1: 172 (1987). Syntypes: Zimbabwe, Chirinda Forest, male fl. 24.x.1906, Swynnerton 109 (BM; K, chosen here as lectotype; SRGH); fl. 10.xi.1906, Swynnerton 109a (BM, female; K, male); fr. 20.i.1907, Swynnerton 109b (BM; K; SRGH); fl. & fr. ix.1904, Swynnerton 109c (BM, male; K, male; SRGH, female fl. & fr.); female fl. 6.xii.1908, Swynnerton 6519 (BM).
Croton swynnertonii S. Moore [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 50: 194 (1911).
Information
A tree up to 30 m in height.Trunk buttressed, or slightly fluted at the base.Bark smooth, dark brown.Wood hard.Twigs, petioles and inflorescence axes glabrous.Petioles 0.5–3 cm long, pulvinate.Leaf blades 4–13 × 2–7 cm, elliptic-ovate, acuminate at the apex, entire or subentire on the margins, cuneate to rounded or ± truncate at the base, firmly chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, glabrous except for the domatial hair tufts on lower surface; main nerves 3–5 from the base, lateral nerves in 5 pairs.Stipules 1.5 mm long, lanceolate, soon falling.Male inflorescences up to 23 cm long; bracts resembling the stipules, but slightly larger.Male flowers: pedicels up to 4 mm long, glabrous; calyx lobes 2–3 × 2 mm, ovate, obtuse, pubescent without, glabrous within; petals 3–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, obovate-suborbicular, rounded, glabrous without, pubescent within at the base, creamy-white; disk glands subglobose; stamens 4–5 mm long, anthers 1 mm long, white.Female inflorescences up to 19 cm long; bracts 1-flowered.Female flowers: pedicels 3–4 mm long, pubescent; sepals 1 mm long, triangular, subacute, pubescent without, glabrous within, green; petals 3–4 × 2.5 mm, suborbicular, rounded, glabrous, pale yellow or creamy-green; disk 1.5 mm in diameter; ovary 1.5–2 mm in diameter, densely fulvous-tomentose; styles 1–1.5 mm long.Fruit 1–1.5 × 0.9–1.4 cm, ± smooth or shallowly muricate, evenly pubescent.Seeds 9 × 6.5 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth, ± shiny, dark brown.
Habitat
Frequent subcanopy tree of mixed evergreen rainforest, and low altitude evergreen forest
Altitude range
400–1220 m.
1220
400
Distribution
Mozambique MS Mt. Gorongosa, st. 23.vii.1970, Müller & Gordon 1389 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Lusitu R. Valley, below Glencoe For. Res., female fl. x.1966, Goldsmith 101/66 (FHO; K; LISC; MO; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Tanzania
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