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

Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook.f. ex Benth. appears in other Kew resources:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
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

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Literature

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Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
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