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Strychnos elaeocarpa Gilg ex Leeuwenb.

TYPE

Specimen

UM-MPU-MPU019202
Carte du Cameroun au verso de l'étiquette.

Taxonomy

Loganiaceae
Strychnos elaeocarpa Gilg ex Leeuwenb.

Origin

4 km E. of km 65 of road Edea - Kribi. Alt. about 100 m. Partially secondary forest.
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1965-4-30
Tree, 10 m high ; trunk 20 cm diam., terete ; bark smooth, pale grey - brown, outer very thin, dark on section, inner 1.5 mm thick, pale brown on section; wood very pale brown, leaves thickly coriaceous, slightly shining both sides, dark green, much paler beneath, immature fruit medium brown, ellipsoid; style at least 4 mm long, glabrous ; petiole dark green, midrib pale beneath like whole leaf; crown 3 x 4 mm, compact. Frequent. Wood sample and spirit coll. in Wag.

Determination

Leeuwenberg 1965 TYPE Uncertain status
Gilg ex Leeuwenberg cf.Meded. Landbouwhooqeschool Wageningen Ixix. N° 1, 114 (1969). et cf. étiquette

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