Published In:
Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 32: 325. 1894. ( J. Bot.)   
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(Last Modified On 11/26/2013)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 12/30/2021)
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(Last Modified On 12/30/2021)
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Description:
Tree 3-20 m tall, to 25 cm in diam., with sharp conic spines 2-
7 mm; stilt roots to 2 m high in swampy sites, much less on solid
ground. Leaves 1.2-4 m long, (1.3-)5-16 cm wide; marginal prickles
2-5 mm long, 5-13(-33) mm apart. Infrutescence not quite
pendent, plurisyncarpic with 2-7 heads. Syncarp red, 7-20 × 5-
12.5 cm, ellipsoid; peduncle to 75 × 2.5 cm; drupes 15-30 × 22-
28 × 15-23 mm, (2-)4-6-locular ; pileus 5-20 mm high, 15-
35 mm across; stigmas 4-6, reniform; endocarp 16-19 mm high,
mesocarp (slightly) spongy and fibrous. Staminate inflorescences
white, 12-30 cm long; individual spadices 5-6 in number, to
14 × c. 3.5 cm; lowermost bracts whitish, the proximal to 67 ×
5.5 cm, the distal 11 × 1.7 cm; stamens subumbellate, often with
two tiers of umbels. Stemonophore 5-10.5 mm long, each bearing
5-8 stamens ; filaments 0.5-1 mm; anthers linear, 1.8-2 mm
long, rounded at apex, spirally contorted after anthesis.
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Notes:
On the coast in swampy sites and on limestone, on white sand
with giant heath, more inland in riverine forest or along streams
in evergreen forest ; 0-1400 m.
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Specimens whose coordinates are enclosed in square brackets [ ] have been mapped to a standard reference mark based on political
units.
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Africa & Madagascar
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Kenya
Coast, Kwale:
04°18'00"S 039°35'00"E,
21 February 1967,
AGNEW 9742
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Morogoro Rural:
Uluguru Mountains,
300 m,
06°58'00"S 037°51'00"E,
17 July 2000,
B.E. Mhoro 87
(C)
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Morogoro Rural:
Uluguru Mountains,
300 m,
06°58'00"S 037°51'00"E,
17 July 2000,
B.E. Mhoro 87
(MO)
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Morogoro Rural:
Uluguru Mountains,
300 m,
06°58'00"S 037°51'00"E,
17 July 2000,
B.E. Mhoro 87
(DSM)
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Kenya
Coast, Kilifi:
03°48'00"S 039°42'00"E,
17-Nov-1961,
Harold St. John 26596
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Tanzania
Tanga, Tanga:
05°07'00"S 039°01'00"E,
27-Nov-1961,
Harold St. John 26608
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Tanzania
Kusini Pemba, Mkoani:
05°21'00"S 039°43'00"E,
30-Nov-1961,
Harold St. John 26609
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Kenya
Coast, Kilifi:
03°45'00"S 039°42'00"E,
21 January 1982,
L.J. Lap 208
(MO)
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Tanzania
Iringa, Kilolo:
07°40'00"S 036°53'00"E,
13-Nov-1970,
M.I. Thulin & B.E. Mhoro 951
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Kenya
Coast, Kilifi:
03°56'00"S 039°35'00"E,
Mary Susan Taylor & C. Taylor s.n.
(BM)
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Tanzania
Tanga, Muheza:
05°06'00"S 038°38'00"E,
24-Apr-1907,
O. Warnecke 8332
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Tanzania
Kusini Unguja, Kusini:
06°16'00"S 039°26'00"E,
26-Nov-1930,
P.J. Greenway 2584
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Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Temeke:
55 m,
06°53'00"S 039°26'00"E,
25 Oct 1975,
R.C. Wingfield 3198
(DSM)
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Tanzania
Iringa, Kilolo:
Udzungwa Mountains NP,
300 m,
07°43'00"S 036°55'00"E,
11/11/2005,
W. R. Q. Luke 11446
(NHT)
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Tanzania
Iringa, Kilolo:
Udzungwa Mountains NP,
300 m,
07°43'00"S 036°55'00"E,
11/11/2005,
W. R. Q. Luke 11446
(EA)
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Kenya
Coast, Kwale:
Kaya Mtswakara,
90 m,
03°59'00"S 039°31'00"E,
24 Dec 1992,
W. R. Q. Luke 3451
(K)
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Kenya
Coast, Kwale:
Kaya Mtswakara,
90 m,
03°59'00"S 039°31'00"E,
24 Dec 1992,
W. R. Q. Luke 3451
(EA)
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Tanzania
Lindi, Kilwa:
90 m,
09°34'00"S 039°17'00"E,
28 Nov. 2003,
W. R. Q. Luke & O.A. Kibure 9769
(MO)
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Kenya
Coast, Kwale:
Shimba Hills,
400 m,
04°09'00"S 039°25'00"E,
3/26/1991,
W. R. Q. Luke & S. Ann Robertson 2827
(EA)
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Mvomero:
850 m,
05°57'25"S 037°43'19"E,
09 March 2006,
Y.S. Abeid 2647
(NHT)
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Mvomero:
850 m,
05°57'25"S 037°43'19"E,
09 March 2006,
Y.S. Abeid 2647
(EA)
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Mvomero:
850 m,
05°57'25"S 037°43'19"E,
09 March 2006,
Y.S. Abeid 2647
(MA)
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Mvomero:
850 m,
05°57'25"S 037°43'19"E,
09 March 2006,
Y.S. Abeid 2647
(MO)
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Tanzania
Morogoro, Mvomero:
850 m,
05°57'25"S 037°43'19"E,
09 March 2006,
Y.S. Abeid 2647
(DSM)
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