Lannea humilis (Oliv.) Engl. |
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Protologue : Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1: 213 (1897) |
Information on the genus : Lannea |
Basionym : Odina humilis Oliv. |
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Status
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Odina humilis Oliv. (1889) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Lannea bagirmensis Engl. (1907) |
=Commiphora taborensis Engl. (1910) |
=Odina tomentosa Engl. (1892) |
=Lannea tomentosa (Engl.) Engl. (1897) |
=*Calesiam tomentosum Engl. (1896) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Deciduous shrub or tree, 0,5-2-7,5 m tall, many-stemmed with tortuous branches; bark smooth, spongy, grey to almost black on bole, with milky latex; branches brownish grey, cylindrical, striate, lenticellate, glabrous. |
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see more in the book |
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Ecology : |
Heavy, compact and hard sandy soils; locally common; deciduous woodland; wooded grassland; often at edges of seasonally flooded valleys and other local water catchments; 700-750 (? and less) - 1700 m alt. |
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. If leafless resembling Commiphora africana (Burseracea). Leaflets similar to those of C. pendulata (but in this species dentate, not entire). |
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Coppiced specimens sometimes with leaves to 22 cm long, leaflets to 9 cm long, 3 cm broad. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- EXELL, A. & WILD, H. (1966). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 2[2]: 559
- PEYRE DE FABRÈGUES B. & J. P. LEBRUN (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort : 222
- (1986). Flora of Tropical East Africa Anacardiaceae: 18-19
- BOUDET G. & J.P. LEBRUN (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16 : 205
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 243
- CÉSAR J. & C. CHATELAIN (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména : 556
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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