Allophylus abyssinicus (Hochst.) Radlk.

Images: None on this site.

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms: Schmidelia abyssinica Hochst.
Common names: Forest velvet false-currant (English)
Frequency:
Status:
Description:
Medium-sized to large tree. Bark greyish-green, smooth; branchlets minutely velvety, with lenticels. Leaves spirally arranged, 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic, sometimes terminal leaflet shorter than lateral leaflets but often more or less similar in size, up to 14 × 6 cm, thinly textured, hair-tuft domatia conspicuous in the axils of the veins below; margin irregularly toothed. Flowers in 1-2-branched catkin-like inflorescences up to 8 cm long, finely velvety. Fruit c. 8 × 6 mm, obovoid-spherical.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: abyssinicus: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Habitat:
Altitude range:
Flowering time:Nov - Mar
Worldwide distribution: From Ethiopia and the DRC to Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution:
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 259.

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 4.

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 20.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 256.

Exell, A.W. (1966). Sapindaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 498.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 76.

Other sources of information about Allophylus abyssinicus:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Allophylus abyssinicus
Flora of Mozambique: Allophylus abyssinicus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Allophylus abyssinicus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Allophylus abyssinicus
African Plant Database: Allophylus abyssinicus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Allophylus abyssinicus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Allophylus abyssinicus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Allophylus abyssinicus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Allophylus abyssinicus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Allophylus abyssinicus
JSTOR Plant Science: Allophylus abyssinicus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Allophylus abyssinicus
Plants of the World Online: Allophylus abyssinicus
Tropicos: Allophylus abyssinicus
Wikipedia: Allophylus abyssinicus


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Allophylus abyssinicus.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137340, retrieved 12 October 2024

Site software last modified: 3 April 2018 9:36pm
Terms of use