- Family:
- Rutaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Clausena Burm.f.
Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook.f. ex Benth.

[FZ]
Rutaceae, F. A. Mendoça. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub or small tree up to 10 m. tall; bark grey, mottled; young branches and leaves pubescent becoming glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 6–20 (28) cm. long, imparipinnate; petiole 1–2·5 cm. long, terete or slightly grooved at the base; leaflets alternate, (4) 5–8 (9–10) on each side of the rhachis; petiolules slender, 1–3·5 mm. long; lamina 1–6 (7) × 0·6–2·5 (3·5) cm., rather smaller in the proximal than in the distal leaflets, ± asymmetric, ovate or ovate-oblong or elliptic to narrowly elliptic, pubescent or glabrous, densely dotted with pellucid glands, acute or slightly emarginate at the apex, margin crenulate or entire, cuneate or rounded at the base; lateral nerves 5–8 pairs.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of elongate puberulous panicles, as long as the subtending leaves or a little shorter; peduncle long; bracts and bracteoles scarious, very small, caducous.
- Morphology General Buds
- Flower-buds ± 3 mm. long, obovoid; pedicels very slender, 3–4 (5) mm. long, puberulous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 4, 0·8 mm. long, acute, slightly joined at the base, pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 4, 4–5 mm. long, whitish, imbricate in bud, elliptic.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 8, 4 mm. long, inserted at the base of the disk; filaments subulate, flattened towards the base; anthers basifixed, 1 mm. long, introrse, elliptic, 2-lobed at the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 1·3 mm. long, subellipsoid, 4 (5)-locular with 2 ovules in each loculus; style stout, stigma broadly obtuse.
Native to:
Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Trinidad-Tobago
- Rhus obliqua E.Mey. ex Sond.
- Elaphrium inaequale DC.
- Icica dentata DC.
- Amyris anisata Willd.
- Amyris dentata Willd.
- Amyris inaequalis (DC.) Spreng.
- Amyris nana Roxb.
- Amyris suffruticosa Roxb.
- Clausena abyssinica (Engl.) Engl.
- Clausena anisata var. paucijuga (Kurz) Molino
- Clausena bergeyckiana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Clausena dentata (Willd.) M.Roem.
- Clausena dentata var. longipes (Craib) Tanaka
- Clausena dentata var. nana (Roxb.) N.P.Balakr.
- Clausena dentata var. pubescens (Wight & Arn.) N.P.Balakr.
- Clausena dunniana H.Lév.
- Clausena dunniana var. robusta (Yu.Tanaka) C.C.Huang
- Clausena inaequalis (DC.) Benth.
- Clausena longipes Craib
- Clausena nana (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
- Clausena odorata C.C.Huang
- Clausena pobeguinii Pobeg.
- Clausena pubescens Wight & Arn.
- Clausena suffruticosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
- Clausena vestita D.D.Tao
- Clausena wightii M.Roem.
- Clausena willdenowii Wight & Arn.
- Clausena willdenowii var. nana (Roxb.) Hook.f.
- Clausena willdenowii var. pubescens (Wight & Arn.) Hook.f.
- Cookia anisata Desf.
- Cookia dulcis Bedd.
- Fagarastrum anisatum G.Don
- Fagarastrum inaequale (DC.) G.Don
- Myaris inaequalis (DC.) C.Presl
- Zanthoxylum engleri P.G.Waterman
Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook.f. ex Benth. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Oct 1, 2008 | Cheek, M. [13428], Cameroon | K000580029 | No | ||
May 1, 2005 | Tchiengue, B. [2266], Cameroon | K000008171 | No | ||
Oct 1, 2003 | Cheek, M. [7255], Cameroon | K000198275 | No | ||
Dec 1, 2000 | Cable, S. [3102], Cameroon | K000337776 | No | ||
Dec 1, 2000 | Zapfack, L. [787], Cameroon | K000337770 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1999 | Kamundi, D. [695], Cameroon | K000337775 | No | ||
Mar 1, 1999 | Etuge, M. [2239], Cameroon | K000337777 | No | ||
Apr 1, 1997 | Munyenyembe, P. [803], Cameroon | K000337774 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1964 | Boughey, A.S. [6843], Cameroon | K000094133 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1928 | Mann, G. [1187], Cameroon | K000094316 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1928 | Mann, G. [1187], Cameroon | K000094315 | No | ||
Milne-Redhead, E. [5110], Ghana | 21866.000 | No | |||
Jeffrey, C. [569], Seychelles | 23312.000 | No | |||
Ash [1944], Ethiopia | 35870.000 | No | |||
Ash, J. [1451], Ethiopia | 37822.000 | No | |||
Daramola, B. O. [FHI 40453], Cameroon | K000094137 | No | |||
Patel, H. [7240], Mozambique | K000545201 | No | |||
Lightbody, J.S. [FHI 26301], Cameroon | K000094317 | No | |||
Breteler, F.J. [276], Cameroon | K000094310 | No | |||
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28491], Cameroon | K000094318 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8507] | Clausena nana | K001125721 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8507] | Clausena nana | K001125720 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8514] | Clausena suffruticosa | K001125744 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8514] | Clausena suffruticosa | K001125745 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1994 | De Silva, F. [8513], Meghalaya | Clausena anisata var. paucijuga | K000382472 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1994 | Kerr, A.F.G. [5486A], Thailand | Clausena anisata var. paucijuga | K000382440 | lectotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1994 | De Silva, F. [8513], Meghalaya | Clausena anisata var. paucijuga | K000382471 | lectotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1994 | Kerr, A.F.G. [10468], Thailand | Clausena anisata var. paucijuga | K000382423 | Yes | |
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8510], India | Clausena pubescens | K001125731 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8510], India | Clausena pubescens | K001125728 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1927 | s.coll. [Cat. no. 6370], India | Clausena dentata | K000382486 | Yes |
First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 256 (1849)
Accepted by
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
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- Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
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- Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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