| Elaeodendron buchananii (Loes.) Loes. |
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| Family : CELASTRACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Elaeodendron |
| Basionym : Cassine buchananii Loes. |
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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 |
 Cassine buchananii Loes. (1893) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Elaeodendron kamerunense (Loes.) Villiers |
| =Cassine glauca var. kamerunensis (Loes.) R. Wilczek |
| =Elaeodendron glaucum var. kamerunense Loes. |
| =Elaeodendron afzelii f. djalonense Roberty |
| =Elaeodendron warneckei Loes. (1907) |
| =Elaeodendron keniense Loes. (1926) |
| =Elaeodendron friesianum Loes. (1926) |
| =Cassine albivenosa (Chiov.) Cufod. |
| =Elaeodendron albivenosum Chiov. (1932) |
| =Elaeodendron afzelii Loes. (1900) |
| =Elaeodendron stolzii Loes. (1934) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub or tree 1-30 m tall; trunk to 25 cm Ø, much branched; bark purplish brown, prominently lenticellate; branches 4-lined or not, flattened to quadrangular and pale grey when young, becoming terete and vinous red to red-brown […]Poisonous. |
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| Ecology : |
(Dry) evergreen forest and thickets; riverine forest; deciduous woodland (on termite mounds); grasslands; sometimes in secondary communities; deciduous forest edges; Podocarpus latifolius forest. |
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1000( ?and less)-2290 m alt. Related to E. xylocarpum (Vent.) DC. from Central America, sharing dioecious flowers with petaloid staminodes.E. kamerunense may well be regarded as a different, good species; more material and fieldwork are needed. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Engler, H.G.A. & K. A. E. Prantl (1897). Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien...ed. 2 III, 5, Nachtr. 1: 221-225
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 207 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°78209 |
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