Sabicea dinklagei
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Habit
Riverine forest fringe
Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Riverine forest fringe
Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Riverine forest fringe
Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Riverine forest fringe
Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Sabicea homblei De Wild. Sabicea laurentii De Wild. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Scandent shrub 2.3–4.5(–9) m long; stems fairly slender, reddish brown, the young parts with scattered longer spreading hairs, often purplish in life, and short denser adpressed pubescence, the older stems with bark tending to peel. Leaf-blades ± elliptic, 1.6–7(–11) cm long, 0.7–3.6(–5.5) cm wide, shortly to distinctly acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, drying darkish green above, paler green beneath, with reddish very reticulate venation, with scattered adpressed subscabrid hairs above, adpressed hairy on the main venation beneath; petioles 0.3–1.2 cm long, spreading hairy; stipules transversely oblate, 2.5–5.5 mm long, 2.8–5 mm wide, rounded or emarginate at the apex, with bristly colleters inside. Flowers in tight capitate few-flowered inflorescences ± 1 cm wide; peduncles 0.6–2.5(–4) cm long; pedicels obsolete; bracts conspicuous, all reddish at the base when dry, the outer pair 6–10 mm long, 4–6 mm wide, joined near the extreme base to form a ± boat-shaped involucre, the inner 6 lateral ones slightly smaller, 5 x 3 mm, ± hairy. Calyx-tube subglobose, pilose or pubescent, the tubular part of limb 1–2 mm long, glabrous; lobes elliptic, oblong or subspathulate, 1–3 mm. long, 0.6–1 mm wide, minutely pubescent on inner face, with longer marginal hairs and on midrib outside. Corolla white or pinkish; tube cylindrical, 6–8 mm long, silky pilose above outside; lobes 4–5, narrowly ovate, 3–3.5 x 1.8–2 mm, silky pilose outside. Fruit globose, purple or crimson when ripe with whitish bloom, ± 1 cm in diameter, pubescent or glabrous, with a wine-coloured pulp. |
| Type location: |
Cameroon |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | dinklagei: named after M. Dinklage who collected the type specimen in Cameroon in 1891. |
| Habitat: | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | (Sep-)Oct - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equitorial Guinea, Congo-Brazzavile, DRC, Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Uganda |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 429 - 431. (Includes a picture). |
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