Salicaceae
Homalium

Homalium chasei Wild

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 32: 59 (1958)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Zimbabwe. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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: low confidence
[AERP]

Flacourtiaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 1:1. 1960

Morphology General Habit
Tree c. 8 m. tall, with a straight bole and smooth grey bark; young branches densely yellowish-pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-lamina 4–7 x 2.5–4.2 cm., ovate, broadly ovate or oblong-ovate, apex obtuse or subacute, base sometimes slightly asymmetric, truncate or abruptly cuneate, pubescent on both sides, margin shallowly crenate, entire towards the base; nerves in 7–8 pairs, slightly prominent above, prominent below; veins laxly reticulate; petiole up to 1 cm. long, densely pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in subsessile, axillary or terminal, dense racemes; pedicels in fascicles of 2–3, articulate in the middle, with a caducous, lanceolate, puberulous bract 1–5 mm. long at the base of each fascicle.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 5–7, c. 2.2 x 0.5 mm., narrowly linear-lanceolate, puberulous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 5–7, c. 2.7–1.5 mm., rhomboid-elliptic, obtuse at the apex, densely pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disk glands c. 0.8 mm. in diam., discoid, tomentellous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 5–7, filaments c. 2.7 mm. long, slender, sparsely pilose; anthers 0.6 mm. in diam., orbicular.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary conical, filled with long filamentous hairs inside, shortly pilose outside; ovules 6–12, compressed; styles 3–4, pilose, up to 2–5 mm. long, free almost to the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Mature fruit at present not known.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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 Backbone Distributions

    • 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

  • 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