Pauridiantha symplocoides (S.Moore) Bremek.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Pauridiantha

Characteristics

Shrub or small tree, usually much-branched, 1.8–9 m. tall; stems glabrous or nearly so.. Leaf-blades lanceolate, 4.5–13.3 cm. long, 0.9–2.8 cm. wide, narrowly acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous above save for a few short hairs on the narrowly impressed midnerve, entirely glabrous or with a few hairs on the venation beneath; lateral nerves ± 10–12 on each side, prominent beneath; petioles 2–8 mm. long, pubescent; stipules triangular-lanceolate, 1.5–5 mm. long, 0.5–2 mm. wide, pubescent.. Flowers heterostylous, 1–3 in each axil with no or only a short common peduncle 0–2.5 mm. long; pedicels 1.5–4.5 mm. long; bracts in a whorl of 2 long and 2 short, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, pubescent.. Calyx pubescent; tube 1.6–1.7 mm. long; limb-tube 0–0.2 mm.; lobes lanceolate-subulate 1–4.1 mm. long.. Corolla white, yellowish white or cream, glabrous outside; tube 4–4.3 mm. long; lobes triangular-lanceolate, 2–4.9 mm. long, 1.1–2 mm. wide.. Anthers about 3/4-exserted in short-styled flowers, just included in long-styled flowers.. Disc depressed, glabrous.. Style glabrous, 5.8 mm. long in long-styled flowers, 1.5 mm. long in short-styled flowers; stigma 0.9–1.2 mm. long, the lobes quite distinct, linear.. Berries subglobose, 3–3.7 mm. long, 4–5 mm. across, glabrous.. Seeds typically orange-brown, ovoid, 1.2 mm. long, 0.95 mm. wide.
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Leaf blades 4.5–13.3 x 0.9–2.8 cm., lanceolate, narrowly acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous above save for a few short hairs on the narrowly impressed midnerve, entirely glabrous or with a few hairs on the venation beneath; lateral nerves ± 10–12 on each side, prominent beneath; petioles 2–8 mm. long, pubescent; stipules 1.5–5 x 0.5–2 mm., triangular-lanceolate, pubescent.
Style glabrous, 5.8 mm. long in long-styled flowers, 1.5 mm. long in short-styled flowers; stigma 0.9–1.2 mm. long, the lobes quite distinct, linear.
Flowers heterostylous, 1–3 in each axil with no or only a short common peduncle 0–2.5 mm. long; pedicels 1.5–2.5 mm. long, pubescent.
Corolla white, yellowish white or cream, glabrous outside; tube 4–4.3 mm. long; lobes 2–4.9 x 1.1–2 mm., triangular-lanceolate.
Calyx pubescent; tube 1.6–1.7 mm. long; limb tube 0–0.2 mm.; lobes 1–4.1 mm. long, lanceolate-subulate.
Anthers about three-quarters exserted in short-styled flowers, just included in long-styled flowers.
Shrub or small tree, usually much-branched, 1.8–9 m. tall; stems glabrous or nearly so.
Berries 3–3.7 mm long, 4–5 mm. across, subglobose, glabrous.
Seeds typically orange-brown, 1.2 x 0.95 mm. ovoid.
Disk depressed, glabrous.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Pauridiantha symplocoides world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:759469-1
WFO ID wfo-0000265059
COL ID 6TVCC
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Synonyms

Pauridiantha symplocoides Urophyllum symplocoides