- Family: Phyllanthaceae Martinov
- Genus: Bridelia Willd.
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.
- Genus: Bridelia Willd.
[FWTA]
Euphorbiaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub or tree, to 60 ft. high, with a dense widely spreading crown
- Morphology General Spines
- Branches often spiny
- Ecology
- In secondary forest regrowth and in savannahs of the moister regions.
[FTEA]
Euphorbiaceae, A. R.-Smith. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1987
- Morphology General Habit
- A shrub, sometimes scandent, or much-branched tree 2–18(–27) m. with spreading or often pendulous branches and a rounded crown.
- Morphology Stem
- Trunk and branches usually with scattered woody thorns.
- Morphology General Bark
- Bark silver-grey, greenish grey, brown, dark grey or black, smooth or rough and reticulately fissured and flaking.
- Morphology Twigs
- Twigs grey, brown or purplish, prominently lenticellate.
- Morphology General Shoots
- Young shoots and petioles evenly to sparingly pubescent or subglabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves distichous; petioles (3–)5–8(–10) mm. long; leaf-blades elliptic, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, (3–)6–15(–25) cm. long, (1.5–)3–8(–12) cm. wide, obtuse or shortly obtusely acuminate, occasionally also mucronulate, cuneate, rounded or truncate at base, shallowly crenate to subentire, thinly coriaceous, lateral nerves (6–)8–14(–17) pairs, craspedodromous, slightly prominent above, prominent beneath, tertiary nerves subparallel, not or scarcely prominent, evenly pubescent along the midrib and otherwise sparingly pubescent above at first, later becoming almost glabrous, evenly puberulous beneath at first, later becoming sparingly minutely puberulous, glossy dark green above, paler and sometimes brownish beneath, with the midrib and nerves pellucid and pale green or reddish, often drying greenish grey above and fulvous beneath.
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules narrowly lanceolate, 5–10 mm. long, acute, pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers densely glomerulate. Female flowers:pedicels 1.5 mm. long, stout, pubescent; sepals broadly triangular, 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, acute, sparingly pubescent to subglabrous without, glabrous within, greenish; petals elliptic, 1 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, subentire, glabrous; outer disc pentagonal, 1.5 mm. across, inner disc divided into 2 or 3 ± triangular usually pubescent laciniate lobes enclosing the ovary; ovary ovoid, 1.5–2 mm. long, 2–3-locular; styles 2–3, bifid, green. Male flowers:pedicels 1.5 mm. long, sparingly pubescent; sepals triangular, 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, acute, pubescent without at the base, otherwise glabrous, pale greenish-yellow or -cream; petals obtriangular, 0.5 mm. long, apically tridentate, keeled, white; disc annular, ± flat, 2 mm. across, subentire, glabrous, dull yellow-brown; staminal column 1 mm. high; filaments greenish white; anthers 0.8 mm. long, yellow; pistillode conical, 1 mm. tall, bifid at the apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts triangular, minute, acute, pubescent.
- sex Male
- Male flowers:pedicels 1.5 mm. long, sparingly pubescent; sepals triangular, 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, acute, pubescent without at the base, otherwise glabrous, pale greenish-yellow or -cream; petals obtriangular, 0.5 mm. long, apically tridentate, keeled, white; disc annular, ± flat, 2 mm. across, subentire, glabrous, dull yellow-brown; staminal column 1 mm. high; filaments greenish white; anthers 0.8 mm. long, yellow; pistillode conical, 1 mm. tall, bifid at the apex.
- sex Female
- Female flowers:pedicels 1.5 mm. long, stout, pubescent; sepals broadly triangular, 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, acute, sparingly pubescent to subglabrous without, glabrous within, greenish; petals elliptic, 1 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, subentire, glabrous; outer disc pentagonal, 1.5 mm. across, inner disc divided into 2 or 3 ± triangular usually pubescent laciniate lobes enclosing the ovary; ovary ovoid, 1.5–2 mm. long, 2–3-locular; styles 2–3, bifid, green.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits obovoid-subglobose, obovoid-ellipsoid or ellipsoid, 1-locular by abortion, 0.8–1 cm. long, 0.5–0.6 cm. wide, green at first, then becoming flushed with reddish-brown or purplish, later becoming deep plum-coloured, violet, grape-purple or almost black, ± smooth.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed 5 mm. long, smooth, somewhat shiny, brown.
- Habitat
- Locally common or often abundant in evergreen forest, generally at edges or in regrowth, associated bushland and thicket, and common along rivers, by lakes and swamps; 50–2300 m.
- Distribution
- K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 P T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 from Senegal eastwards to C. Ethiopia and south to Angola and South Africa (Transkei)
[FZ]
Euphorbiaceae, A. Radcliffe-Smith. Flora Zambesiaca 9:4. 1996
- Morphology General Habit
- An evergreen or deciduous, often much-branched, small tree up to 20 m high with a dense spreading crown and ± flattened or pendent branches arising from c. 2 m above ground.
- Morphology Trunk
- Trunk and branches with scattered blunt thorns.
- Morphology General Bark
- Bark smooth and pale grey or pinkish-brown on branches, rough and dark grey or brown at base of trunk.
- Morphology General Wood
- Wood hard, white.
- Morphology Twigs
- Twigs dark grey or brown, lenticellate.
- Morphology General Shoots
- Young shoots and petioles evenly to sparingly pubescent or subglabrous.
- Morphology Leaves Petiole
- Petioles 5–13 mm long.
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules 4–7 mm long, linear-lanceolate, acute, puberulous or pubescent.
- Morphology Leaves Leaf lamina
- Leaf blades 3–28 × 1.5–12 cm, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, shortly obtusely acuminate, rounded to cuneate at the base, subentire or very shallowly crenate, thinly coriaceous, sparingly pubescent to subglabrous along the midrib and main nerves above and beneath and otherwise ± glabrous above and minutely sparingly appressed-puberulous beneath, carmine-orange in young flush, dark or bright green and shiny above and paler below, with the nerves often pale yellow when mature, often drying greenish-grey above and light brown beneath; lateral nerves in 5–20 pairs, craspedodromous, slightly prominent above and beneath or somewhat more so beneath, tertiary nerves parallel or subparallel, not prominent.
- sex Male
- Male flowers: pedicels 1 mm long, sparingly appressed-puberulous; sepals 2 × 1 mm, triangular-ovate, acute, appressed-puberulous without, glabrous within, greenish; petals 0.5 × 0.5 mm, obtriangular, apically tridentate, greenish-white; disk 2 mm in diameter, shallowly 5-lobed, ± flat, fleshy, glabrous; staminal column 1 mm high; filaments 0.5 mm long, narrowing apically; anthers 0.75 mm long, yellow; pistillode 0.5 mm tall, ± conical, shallowly lobed at the apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Female flowers faintly scented, subsessile or shortly stoutly pedicellate; sepals triangular, pale grey-green, otherwise ± as in the male; petals 1 × 0.5 mm, elliptic, subentire; outer disk 1.5 mm in diameter, pentagonal; inner disk 3-lobed, the lobes erose at the apex, closely enfolding the ovary, reddish-brown; ovary c. 0.75 × 0.75 mm, ovoid-subglobose, 2–3-celled; styles 2–3, c. 0.75 mm long, ± free, bifid, stigmas smooth. Male flowers: pedicels 1 mm long, sparingly appressed-puberulous; sepals 2 × 1 mm, triangular-ovate, acute, appressed-puberulous without, glabrous within, greenish; petals 0.5 × 0.5 mm, obtriangular, apically tridentate, greenish-white; disk 2 mm in diameter, shallowly 5-lobed, ± flat, fleshy, glabrous; staminal column 1 mm high; filaments 0.5 mm long, narrowing apically; anthers 0.75 mm long, yellow; pistillode 0.5 mm tall, ± conical, shallowly lobed at the apex.
- sex Female
- Female flowers faintly scented, subsessile or shortly stoutly pedicellate; sepals triangular, pale grey-green, otherwise ± as in the male; petals 1 × 0.5 mm, elliptic, subentire; outer disk 1.5 mm in diameter, pentagonal; inner disk 3-lobed, the lobes erose at the apex, closely enfolding the ovary, reddish-brown; ovary c. 0.75 × 0.75 mm, ovoid-subglobose, 2–3-celled; styles 2–3, c. 0.75 mm long, ± free, bifid, stigmas smooth.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit 6–8 × 4–5 mm when dried, slightly larger when fresh, ellipsoid or occasionally subglobose, 1-locular by abortion, green at first, black when ripe.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 5 × 3 mm, smooth, slightly shiny, brown.
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 1, 2010 | Etuge, M. [5290], Cameroon | K000678387 | ||
Jun 1, 2009 | Pollard, B.J. [1393], Cameroon | K000581898 | ||
Mar 1, 2008 | Cheek, M. [13421], Cameroon | K000541144 | ||
Mar 1, 2008 | Harvey, Y.B. [313], Cameroon | K000541145 | ||
Apr 1, 2002 | Lane, P. [509], Cameroon | K000026536 | ||
Apr 1, 2002 | Cheek, M. [10304], Cameroon | K000026535 | ||
Apr 1, 2002 | Cheek, M. [8861], Cameroon | K000026537 | ||
Apr 1, 2002 | Etuge, M. [1924], Cameroon | K000026532 | ||
Apr 1, 2002 | Etuge, M. [2738], Cameroon | K000026533 | ||
Apr 1, 2002 | Etuge, M. [1394], Cameroon | K000026534 | ||
Jan 1, 1994 | Cheek, M. [5891], Cameroon | K000540109 | ||
Jan 1, 1994 | Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [814], Cameroon | K000540005 | ||
Jan 1, 1993 | Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [452], Cameroon | K000085115 | ||
Jan 1, 1993 | Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [121], Cameroon | K000085147 | ||
Jan 1, 1993 | Nkeng, P. [24], Cameroon | K000085109 | ||
Sep 1, 1955 | Krauss [133], KwaZulu-Natal | K000406079 | isotype | |
Milne-Redhead, E. [8811], Tanzania | 24429.000 | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [8679], Tanzania | 24431.000 | |||
Dawkins, H.C. [868], Uganda | 2102.000 | |||
Ash [1547], Ethiopia | 35779.000 | |||
Maitland, T.D. [248], Cameroon | K000180569 | |||
Maitland, T.D. [903], Cameroon | K000180570 | |||
Binuyo, A. [35593], Cameroon | K000180578 | |||
Hutchinson, J. [43], Cameroon | K000180577 | |||
Thomas, D.W. [3270], Cameroon | K000180582 | |||
Thomas, D.W. [3062], Cameroon | K000180584 | |||
Starin, E.D. [2] | 40495.000 | |||
Mann [883], Sierra Leone | K000406034 | Unknown type material | ||
Mann [883], Sierra Leone | K000406035 | |||
Welwitsch [371], Angola | K000406086 | |||
Wood, J.M. [1146], KwaZulu-Natal | K000406080 | |||
Wood, J.M. [1334], KwaZulu-Natal | K000406078 | |||
Hildebrandt, J.M. [1182], Tanzania | K000406098 | |||
Sieber [s.n.], Senegal | K000406037 | |||
Krauss [133], KwaZulu-Natal | K000406077 | |||
Heudelot [38], Senegal | K000406036 | |||
Roberty, G. [17124], Mali | K000385807 | |||
Adebusuyi, J.K. [44006], Cameroon | K000180580 | |||
Thompson, S.A. [1734], Cameroon | K000180594 | |||
Deistel, H. [615], Cameroon | K000180572 | |||
Harris, T. [113], Mozambique | K000545096 | |||
Timberlake, J. [5053], Mozambique | K000613432 | |||
Timberlake, J. [5160], Mozambique | K000613540 | |||
unknown [617], Cameroon | K000180575 | |||
Brunt, M.A. [191], Cameroon | K000180579 |
First published in Adansonia 3: 164 (1863)
Accepted by
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