Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta molundensis K.Krause

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 39 (1920)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to South Sudan and W. Tanzania. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Tree or small bush 2–7 m. tall; young branches glabrous; older branches without corky bark.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades elliptic, oblong or obovate, (8–)12–28 cm. long, (2–)5–12 cm. wide, apex subacuminate to acuminate, base acute, glabrous, subcoriaceous, shiny above, midrib prominent beneath, tertiary nerves slighdy raised on both faces, finely reticulate; bacterial nodules absent; domatia sometimes present; petiole 1–6 cm. long; stipule-limbs truncate, 2–4 mm. long, often turning corky at the base, with long hairs inside, eventually deciduous; arista 1–2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Corymbs terminal on main and lateral leafy branches, moderately compact to lax, 4.5–10.5 cm. across; primary inflorescence-branches 0.6–2.3 cm. long, pubescent; 2nd–4th order branches present; pedicels 0.5–3 mm. long pubescent; bracts 2–3 mm. long, stipule-like, caducous; bracteoles inconspicuous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx pubescent; tube ± 1 mm. long; limb-tube 1–2.5 mm. long, ± 3 times wider than the tube; lobes oblong or less often square, 1.5–3(–4) mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide, truncate or rounded, pubescent inside, overlapping in bud.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla-tube (4–)6–8 mm. long, ± 2.5 mm. wide at top, glabrous save for the densely bearded throat; lobes oblong, (4–)7–11 mm. long, 2–2.5 mm. wide, rounded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit black, 8.5–9 mm. in diameter, glabrous to sparsely puberulous, calyx-lobes eventually falling.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seed blackish with a lighter area around the excavation, 5 mm. wide, slightly rugulose.
Figures
Fig. 106/6.
Habitat
Forest undergrowth; 750–1200 m.
Distribution
T4 U1 U2 U4
[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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[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/

  • 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