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Protologue : Adansonia sér.1 3: 121 (1862 [1863]) |
Information on the genus : Olax |
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Status
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Olax poggei Engl. |
=Olax viridis Oliv. (1868) |
=Alsodeiopsis glaberrima Engl. ex Hutch. & Dalziel (1928) |
=Olax minquartioides Baill. ex Pellegr. (1924) |
=*Olax pyramidata A. Chev. (1920) |
=*Olax ubanghensis A. Chev. (1913) |
=Olax verruculosa Engl. (1893) |
=Ptychopetalum alliaceum De Wild. (1903) |
=Ptychopetalum nigricans De Wild. (1903) |
=Olax alliaceae (De Wild.) Vermoesen ex Boutique |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Shrublet or shrub, glabrous, 0,3-3(-8) m tall; branches 4-winged, white-spotted; young twigs very pustulate; flowers white in axillary racemes; stamens 3-4, staminodes 5-6; calyx a disk at base, non-accrescent in fruit. |
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Ecology : |
Evergreen or mixed forests; lowland rain-forest with Chrysophyllum albidum, Cola gigantea, Erythrophleum suaveolens, Alstonia boonei, Parinari excelsa, Milicia excelsa; rain-forest in wet situations, riverbanks, […] 1-1350 m alt. |
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Variable in shape and size of leaves. |
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Leaves when crushed have a garlic flavour. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- (1968). Flora of Tropical East Africa Olacaceae: 7-9
- (1968). Flora of Tropical East Africa Olacaceae: 8
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 268
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 2: 159 (1992).
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