Primulaceae
Embelia

Embelia nilotica Oliv.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 105 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Myrsinaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Climbing shrub about 20 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers cream, fragrant
Ecology
Beside streams in savanna.
[FWTA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Myrsinaceae, P. Halliday. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1984

Morphology General Habit
Scandent shrub to 1.5 m.; bark smooth, striate, whitish with scattered prominent lenticels; young wood ferruginous hairy.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades ovate, oblong or obovate, occasionally suborbicular, 8.2-10.8 cm. long, 4.3-7.4 cm. wide, shortly and abruptly acuminate, cuneate, entire or with shallow teeth in the upper half, chartaceous, ferruginous hairy in groove of midrib above, densely so on veins beneath, less so on leaf-surface beneath; main nerves distinct, 6-8 on either side of midrib; reticulations conspicuous beneath; petiole slender, 8-14 mm. long, densely ferruginous hairy.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence an axillary raceme of±14 flowers, densely ferruginous hairy.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flower 5-merous,±6 mm. in diameter; pedicels 2-3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx cup-shaped, united halfway, 2-3 mm. in diameter; lobes ovate, densely ferruginous hairy.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals free, spreading or recurved, oblong, 3-3.5 mm. long, minutely pubescent on inner surface.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens inserted quarter of the way up from base of corolla; anthers ovate, apiculate, on short filaments equalling the anthers in length.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary subglobose or ovoid; style slender, ferruginous hairy; stigma 3-lobed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruits reddish with raised markings, longitudinally ribbed (in herbarium material),±5 mm. in diameter (? immature), with persistent calyx and style-base, glabrous.
Habitat
Dry scrub, sometimes riverine; 600-1080 m.
Distribution
U1 U3
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0