Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta intermedia Bremek.

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 71 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Congo to Uganda (Toro). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Rubiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976

Morphology General Habit
Shrub 1.7–6 m. tall; young branches puberulous; older branches with fawnish bark.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades narrowly elliptic to obovate, 7.7–22 cm. long, 2.7–9.8 cm. wide, apex acuminate to long acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous to sparsely puberulous or pubescent above, puberulous to pubescent especially on the nerves beneath, tertiary nerves slightly raised and finely reticulate above and beneath; bacterial nodules linear on the tertiary nerves, several to very few; domatia present or absent; petiole 0.7–5.5 cm. long, puberulous to pubescent; stipule-limbs truncate, 2–3 mm. long, keeled, keels extending as the lobes, 3–5 mm. long, caducous, leaving a corky rim to the limb, puberulous outside, with silky hairs in axils inside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Corymbs terminal on main and lateral leafy branches, moderately compact, 1.5–7 cm. across; primary inflorescence-branches 0.7–1.4 cm. long, puberulous; 2nd–4th order branches present; pedicels 0.5–3 mm. long, finely pubescent; bracts stipule-like.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent; tube ± 0.5 mm. long; limb-tube 0.75–1 mm. long, much wider than the tube; lobes shortly triangular to ovate-triangular, 0.5–0.75 mm. long, 1 mm. wide at base, slightly keeled, never overlapping.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla-tube 3.5–5 mm. long, ± 1.75 mm. wide at top, glabrous outside, densely bearded at throat; lobes 4–5(–8) mm. long, 1.5–1 mm. wide, acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 7 mm. in diameter, shiny, sometimes striated when dry, glabrous; calyx-limb ± persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds blackish with a brown area around the excavation, 5 mm. wide, scarcely rugulose on convex face.
Habitat
Forest; 1500 m.
Distribution
U2
[FTEA]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34970/137514179

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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: low confidence
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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