Schizozygia coffaeoides Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Schizozygia

Characteristics

Shrub 1–4(–8) m high; wood soft, pale yellow; bark rough, brown, with pale lenticels, red inside; branchlets yellow to dark brown, glabrous.. Leaves petiolate; blade obovate, 2.4–25 cm long, 1.1–11 cm wide, acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous; petiole 0.5–9 mm long, glabrous.. Inflorescence 7–15 mm long, glabrous in all parts; peduncle up to 3 mm long, glabrous; bracts narrowly oblong, 3–5 mm long, acute, glabrous; pedicels 2–3 mm long.. Flowers fragrant; sepals elliptic, 3.1–6 mm long, 1.5–3.9 mm wide, acute or acuminate, glabrous, with 5–10 colleters near the base; corolla white or pale yellow, 6.5–9.5 mm long; tube yellow, cylindrical or urceolate, 4–5.2 mm long, glabrous outside, pilose inside around the anthers; lobes creamy to yellow, spreading, obliquely obovate to nearly hook-shaped, 2.5–4 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, glabrous; pistil 2.5–5 mm long; ovules 8–15 in each carpel; style 1–3 mm long, glabrous.. Fruit yellow to orange, 7–15 mm long, 5–10 mm in diameter, dehiscent, glabrous; pericarp thinly coriaceous, irregularly striate, grooved when dry; seeds dark brown, obliquely ellipsoid, 5–6 mm long, with a deep groove at the middle of the hilar side.. Fig. 18 (p. 55).
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Corolla 1·3–4·7 times as long as the calyx, 6·5–9·5 mm. long, hypocrateriform; tube cylindrical or urceolate, 0·8–3·3 times as long as the calyx, 4–5·2 mm. long and 1·8–2·5 mm. in diam., glabrous outside, inside around the anthers with a small pilose zone and futhermore glabrous; lobes 0·4–0·8 times as long as the tube, obliquely obovate to nearly hook-shaped, curved to the right, 2·5–4 x 2–4 mm., entire, glabrous on both sides.
Sepals free, subequal, entire, imbricate, elliptic, acute or acuminate, 1·2–3·3 times as long as wide, 3·1–6 x 1·5–3·9 mm., outside glabrous, inside with 5–10 colleters, 0–2 near the base at the edges of each sepal.
Pistil 2·5–5 mm. long; ovary 0·8–1·3 x 1–1·2 x 0·5–1·5 mm., glabrous or with a few papils; style 1–3 x 0–2 mm., glabrous; clavuncula 0·4–0·9 x 0·3–0·6 mm.; stigma c. 0·2 mm. long; ovules 8–15 in each.
Leaves petiolate; petiole 0·5–9 mm. long, glabrous; lamina 1·1–4·4 times as long as wide, 2·4–25 x 1·1–11 cm., acuminate, sub-coriaceous when dry, glabrous on both sides; secondary veins conspicuous.
Fruits yellow to orange; carpels ellipsoid, laterally compressed 7–15 x 5–10 x 3–5 mm., dehiscent along an adaxial line of dehiscence; wall glabrous.
Branches yellow to dark brown, lenticellate; branchlets often sulcate when dry, glabrous.
Stamens inserted 1·5–3 mm. below the mouth of the corolla; anthers 2·1–2·7 x 0·8–1 mm.
Bark rough, brown, with pale lenticels, inside red; wood soft, pale yellow.
Bracts narrowly oblong, 3–5 mm. long, acute, glabrous on both sides.
Peduncle very short, up to 3 mm. long, glabrous.
Pedicels 2–3 mm. long, glabrous.
Inflorescences 7–15 x 12–18 mm.
Shrub or tree 1–4(8) m. high.
Seeds dark brown;
Flowers fragrant.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 3.5
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Environment

Moist forest and riverine forest, growing on sandy or loamy soils; at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Schizozygia coffaeoides world distribution map, present in Angola, Comoros, Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Schizozygia coffaeoides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81764-1
WFO ID wfo-0000306904
COL ID 4VDLP
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Schizozygia coffaeoides