- Family:
- Dipterocarpaceae Blume
- Genus:
- Marquesia Gilg
Marquesia acuminata (Gilg) R.E.Fr.

[FZ]
Dipterocarpaceae, P. Duvigneaud. Flora Zambesiaca 1:2. 1961
- Morphology General Habit
- Tree 15–28 m. tall, with buttresses at the base of the trunk; branchlets sparsely puberulous, soon becoming glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-lamina 7–10 × 3–5 cm., ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, rounded to slightly cordate at the base; upper surface finely reticulate, shining, glabrous; lower surface green, shining, glabrescent with only a very few small simple hairs scattered on the nerves; midrib slightly depressed above and prominent beneath; lateral nerves in 8–10 pairs, anastomosing well before reaching the margin of the leaf; reticulation prominent and very conspicuous; petiole under 1 cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in large terminal panicles; pedicels 2–4 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 2 mm. long, greyish-tomentellous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 7–8 mm. long, glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit 0·5 cm. in diam., ovoid-conical, subsericeous; wings 2–3 × 0·3–0·6 cm., orange to brownish, narrowly oblong, with sparse short subappressed hairs outside and inside.
Native to:
Angola, Zambia, Zaïre
Marquesia acuminata (Gilg) R.E.Fr. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jun 1, 2011 | Goyder, D.J [Goyder, D.J, 6268], Angola | K000191610 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2011 | Bingham, M.G. [13127], Zambia | K000545850 | No | ||
Apr 23, 1932 | Van Haemen, G. T. [s.n.] | K000240336 | Yes | ||
Milne-Redhead [994] | K000240335 | Yes | |||
Jan 1, 2016 | Gillett [s.n.] | Monotes gilletii | K000240372 | Yes |
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 351 (1914)
Accepted by
- Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Abreu, J.A. & Figueira, R. (2013). Revision of the family Dipterocarpaceae in Angola Blumea 57: 263-274.
- Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1961). Flora Zambesiaca 1(2): 337-581. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Abreu, J.A. & Figueira, R. (2013). Revision of the family Dipterocarpaceae in Angola Blumea 57: 263-274.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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