- Family:
- Sapindaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Allophylus L.
Allophylus decipiens (E.Mey.) Radlk.

[FZ]
Sapindaceae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 2:2. 1966
- Morphology General Habit
- Many-stemmed shrub; branchlets silver-grey, appressed-pubescent when young, soon glabrescent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 0·5–3·5 cm. long, appressed- or crisped-pubescent; terminal leaflet usually c. 1 1/2times as long as the lateral ones; petiolules up to 1 mm. long or leaflets subsessile; lamina of terminal leaflet 1–4·5 × 0·5–2·5 cm., papyraceous, shortly and sparsely appressed- or crisped-pubescent on the midrib and lateral nerves and with occasional tufts of hairs on the under surface of the axils of the latter, otherwise glabrous, lobed usually to about halfway to the midrib (at least in some leaves), lobes generally rounded but apex occasionally acute, base cuneate and often narrowed; lateral nerves 3–6 pairs.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence 1·5–6 cm. long, unbranched, appressed-pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers whitish, in few-flowered very shortly pedunculate cymules; pedicels up to 2 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Outer sepals 1·3 × 1·3 mm., subcircular, inner l·3 × 1 mm., elliptic, all glabrous or nearly so.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 1·2 × 1 mm., obovate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium
- Stamens with pilose filaments 2 mm. long; Staminodes with filaments 0·7 mm. long in female flowers.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style 1 mm. long, 2-fid.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit (not known from our area) 3·5 mm. in diam., globose.
Native to:
Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
Allophylus decipiens (E.Mey.) Radlk. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Drège [s.n.], South Africa | K000426229 | Yes | |||
Drège [s.n.], South Africa | K000426228 | Yes | |||
K000426226 | Yes | ||||
K000426227 | Yes | ||||
Drège [s.n.], South Africa | K000426231 | Yes | |||
Drège [s.n.], South Africa | K000426230 | Yes | |||
Drège [s.n.], South Africa | K000426225 | Yes |
First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(5): 313 (1895)
Accepted by
- Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
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