Trichocladus goetzei Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Hamamelidaceae > Trichocladus

Characteristics

Small evergreen tree 6–10.5(–24, fide Ede 2) m. tall; bark purple-brown, rather rough, flaking in oblong patches; young branchlets very densely hairy with rather coarse reddish-brown stellate hairs, older ones glabrescent.. Leaves opposite; blades elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong, 3–11 cm. long, 0.8–4.2 cm. wide, rather rounded to acute or obtusely acuminate at the apex, truncate to cuneate at the base, not or only minutely peltate (one such leaf observed), entire, the margins sometimes revolute, rather coriaceous, at first thickly covered with rather coarse reddish-brown stellate hairs on both surfaces, soon glabrous above and at length glabrous beneath or retaining only a very few scattered hairs on the midrib and nerves; venation rather prominently reticulate on both surfaces; petiole 0.4–2 cm. long; stipules linear, 5 mm. long, soon falling.. Inflorescences capitate, axillary and terminal, 2.5–3.5 cm. in diameter; peduncle 0.1–2 cm. long; bracteoles 2.5–3 mm. long, occasionally adnate to the calyx.. Flowers sessile, somewhatsunk into the rhachis, tomentose.. Hermaphrodite flowers: calyx-tube 1 mm. long; limb 5 mm. long, divided into 3 lobes (or sometimes 4 if an additional small one included), erect, 2.5–3 mm. long and wide, stellate tomentose outside, tipped with a hairy appendage; petals 5–6, white, linear, (l.4–)l.8– 1.9 cm. long, (l–)2–3.5 mm. wide, narrowed at the base, not revolute, glabrous; stamens 5–6; filaments oblong, flattened, 1 mm. long; anthers 1.3–1.6 mm. long; connective prolonged into an erect beak; styles 1.3 mm. long.. ♀ flowers not seen (see note, p. 2).. Capsule ± 1–1.1 cm. long including the 4 mm. long apical valves, 0.9–1 cm. across.. Seeds creamy to dark brown, ellipsoid or oblong, shiny, 5–6 mm. long, 2–3.5 mm. broad.
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Distribution

Trichocladus goetzei world distribution map, present in Malawi and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Trichocladus goetzei threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:430784-1
WFO ID wfo-0001065275
COL ID 7CPZ5
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Synonyms

Trichocladus dentatus Trichocladus goetzei