Clusiaceae
Garcinia

Garcinia bifasciculata N.Robson

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 34: 94 (1960)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania (Morogoro District). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Guttiferae, P. Bamps, N. Robson & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1978

Morphology General Habit
Small tree or shrub 4.5–6 m. tall, glabrous; branches ± slender, at first 4-angled, at length round, smooth or rather rough; bark green, smooth.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite; blades oblong or ovate-oblong, 7–15 cm. long, 3–7 cm. wide, obtuse or shortly and bluntly acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, papery; venation slightly prominent, crossed by linear gland channels; petiole 0.6–1.4 cm. long, channelled above, slender, greenish yellow or orange, without a ligule.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Male flowers arranged in terminal or axillary (2–)3–10-flowered cymes, pedunculate; bracts triangular; pedicels thick, green, 2–5 mm. long, 4-angled. Female flowers and fruits unknown.
sex Male
Male flowers arranged in terminal or axillary (2–)3–10-flowered cymes, pedunculate; bracts triangular; pedicels thick, green, 2–5 mm. long, 4-angled. Sepals 4, round, 3–3.5 mm. long, rounded at the apex, the 2 outer thicker and green, the 2 inner 3.5–5.5 mm. long and resembling the petals in form and colour. Petals 4, greenish white, obovate, ± 7 mm. long. Staminal bundles 2, opposite the outer sepals, each with 3–4 oblong curved non-septate sessile or subsessile anthers; filaments ± 3 mm. long. Rudimentary ovary 2–2.5 mm. tall; stigma fleshy, punctate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 4, round, 3–3.5 mm. long, rounded at the apex, the 2 outer thicker and green, the 2 inner 3.5–5.5 mm. long and resembling the petals in form and colour.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 4, greenish white, obovate, ± 7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Staminal bundles 2, opposite the outer sepals, each with 3–4 oblong curved non-septate sessile or subsessile anthers; filaments ± 3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Rudimentary ovary 2–2.5 mm. tall; stigma fleshy, punctate.
sex Female
Female flowers and fruits unknown.
Habitat
Swamp forest on black soil in an area of limestone outcropping; 390 m.
Distribution
T6 not known elsewhere
[FTEA]

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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32261/2811428

Conservation
CR - critically endangered
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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