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Holotype of Mkilua fragrans Verdc. [family ANNONACEAE]

Date Updated: 12 October 2005

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K), K000198877
Collection
Herbarium Specimens
Resource Type
Specimens
Collector
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H., #3803
Collection Date
16-08-1953
Locality
Kwalw District; Buda Mafisini Forest, 8 miles W.S.W. of Gazi.
Country
Kenya (Kenya)
Collection altitude
80
Identifications
Uvaria unrecorded unrecorded [family ANNONACEAE] Holotype of Mkilua fragrans Verdc. [family ANNONACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt, B.,
Notes
Small much branched tree with horizontal and drooping branches; bark smooth dark grey. Leaves coriaceous; shining green above and below. Perianth pale green, becoming buff yellow at maturity. Dark purple areas at base of members, staminal mass dull yellow, carpels greenish yellow. Secondary tree layer of coastal forest. "Colonial Office East African Expedition: 1953" "See carpological collection" "See spirit collection" "Pollen material from this specimen sent to Univ. Massachusetts; Date: March 1971"
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Data last modified
12-10-2005
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