Rubiaceae
Pavetta

Pavetta uniflora Bremek.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3194 (1933)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Somalia to Mozambique. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Small tree or shrub 1.5–7 m tall; young branches glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves confined to very short spurs off the main and lateral branches; blades obovate, 1.2–4.8 × 0.45–1.8 cm, rounded or obtuse and often with a thick mucro at apex, glabrous; lateral nerves indistinct, in ± 3 main pairs; bacterial nodules dot-shaped to linear, very sparse to several, scattered; petiole 0–3 mm long; stipule-limbs with ± subulate up to 2 mm long tip, hairy at base within
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers solitary or occasionally paired, sessile on the leafy spurs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous; limb-tube 1.8–2 mm long; lobes very narrowly triangular to linear, 4–9 x 1 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla-tube 2.6–4.3 cm long, glabrous outside; lobes 4.5–6 × 2–3 mm, acute to acuminate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 5–6 mm in diam.
Distribution
S2, 3; Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
Ecology
Altitude range 50–130 m.
[FSOM]

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

Morphology General Habit
Small tree or ? scandent shrub 1.8–7 m. tall; young branches glabrous, older branches with buff thin corky bark.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves confined to very short spurs off the main and lateral branches; blades obovate, 1.2–4.8 cm. long, 0.45–1.8 cm. wide, apex rounded or obtuse, often with a thick mucro, base tapered, glabrous; bacterial nodules dot-shaped to linear, very sparse to several, scattered; petiole 0–3 mm. long; stipule-limbs buff-coloured, bearing a longer ± subulate cusp up to 2 mm. long, glabrous, hairy at base within.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers solitary, sessile on the leafy spurs; bracts not exceeding 2 mm. long, hairy within.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous; tube 1–2 mm. long; limb-tube 1.8–2 mm. long; lobes very narrowly triangular to linear, 4–9 mm. long, up to 1 mm. wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla-tube 2.6–4.3 cm. long, 1–2.5 mm. wide at the top, glabrous outside and within; lobes lanceolate, 4.5–6 mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide, acute to acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit straw-coloured to dark grey, 5–6 mm. in diameter, shiny, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 4–5 mm. wide, convex face with very shallow longitudinal striations.
Figures
Figs. 106/111 & 116.
Habitat
Undergrowth in Brachylaena, Pandanus or other coastal woodland or in coastal bushland; 0–150 m.
Distribution
K7 T3 T6 T8
[FTEA]

Rubiaceae, D.M.Bridson & B.Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 5:3. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Small tree or ?scandent shrub 1.8–7 m tall; young branches glabrous, older branches with buff thin corky bark.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves confined to very short spurs off the main and lateral branches; blades 1.2–4.8 × 0.45–1.8 cm, obovate, rounded or obtuse and often with a thick mucro at the apex, tapered at the base, glabrous; lateral nerves indistinct, in c. 3 main pairs; domatia absent; bacterial nodules dot-like to linear, very sparse to several, scattered; petiole 0–3 mm long; stipule-limbs buff-coloured, bearing a longer ± subulate cusp up to 2 mm long, glabrous, hairy at base within.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers solitary, sessile on the leafy spurs; bracts not exceeding 2 mm in length, hairy within.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glabrous; tube 1–2 mm long; limb-tube 1.8–2 mm long; lobes very narrowly triangular to linear, 4–9 mm long, up to 1 mm wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla tube 2.6–4.3 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide at the top, glabrous outside and within; lobes 4.5–6 × 2–3 mm, lanceolate, acute to acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit straw-coloured to dark grey, 5–6 mm in diameter, shiny, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 4–5 mm wide, convex face with very shallow longitudinal striations.
[FZ]

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]

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