| Allophylus abyssinicus (Hochst.) Radlk. |
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| Family : SAPINDACEAE |
| Protologue : Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(5): 313 (1896) |
| Information on the genus : Allophylus |
| Basionym : Schmidelia abyssinica Hochst. |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Schmidelia abyssinica Hochst. (1843) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree 6-25 m, or shrub c. 1,2 m tall, monoecious; trunk 0,5-1 m Ø, sometimes fluted; wood hard, white, brittle; bark smooth, grey(-green); side shoots sometimes arising from the trunk. |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Juniperus, Podocarpus, Aningeria-Olea and Albizia-Croton forest, forest edges; mixed Podocarpus latifolius forest; riverine forest; often persisting after forest clearing; montane evergreen rain-forest; dry or moist forest (remnants); 650-4000 m alt. |
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In the absence of flowers difficult to distinguish from robust specimens of A. africanus.
According to Leenhouts hardly different from A. bullatus, and not separable from A. nigrescens (Madagascar |
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One of the more distinctive species in the genus. |
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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 :
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 607 (2006).
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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 Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°90869 modified 2006-12-07 |
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