WorldFloraDB - Buchanania microphylla

Characteristics

Trees, 5-9 m tall; young branches minutely ferruginous pubescent, later glabrescent. Petiole 8-14 mm, puberulent; leaf blade obovate, 4-12 × 2-5 cm, minutely pubescent along midrib on both sides, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex rounded to retuse, lateral veins 12-20 pairs, reticulate venation pattern prominent on both sides. Inflorescences paniculate, terminal, minutely ferruginous pubescent, with numerous branches. Flowers light yellow; pedicel ca. 1 mm, minutely pubescent. Calyx lobes ovate, ca. 1 mm, minutely pubescent to subglabrous abaxially. Petals oblong, ca. 2.5 × 1 mm, glabrous, revolute in open state. Stamens 10; filaments linear, ca. 1 mm; anthers oblong, shorter than filaments, ca. 0.5 mm. Ovary conical, ca. 0.5 mm, densely hispid. Young fruit lens-shaped, glabrous. Fl. Apr, fr. Jun.

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Tree. Leaves elliptic, elliptic-oblong, broad elliptic, rarely obovate, 3½-10½ by 2¼-4¾ cm, slightly hairy towards the basal part especially on the midrib on both surfaces, glabrescent; base acute or cuneate; apex obtuse, sometimes emargi-nate; nerves 8-14 pairs, veins reticulate; petiole 1½-2 cm. Panicles 1½-10 cm long, shortly hairy, sometimes glabrescent; bracts ovate to ovate-oblong, sparsely hairy outside; pedicels 1-4 mm, not articulated. Calyx caducous, lobes ovate, ⅔-l mm long, sparsely hairy outside. Petals ovate, or elliptic-oblong, 2½-2¾ by l¼-l¾ mm. Stamens 1½-2½ mm; filaments l-l¾ mm, not contracted and whitish in apical part; anthers ½-⅔ mm, not sagittate. Disk ⅔ mm long. Carpels 1-1½ mm long. Drupe sublentiform, c. 9 mm Ø.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

5.0 - 9.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

On dry slopes in thickets and secondary forest at low altitude. Fl. Jan., April, June, Dec; fr. Jan.-March.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	material
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69311-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000573424
COL ID	NMCD
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Buchanania microphylla

WorldFloraDB 2024

Buchanania microphylla Engl.

Species