Englerophytum oblanceolatum (S.Moore) T.D.Penn.

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

Sapotaceae, J. H. Hemsley. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968

Morphology General Habit

Shrub or much-branched small tree, height up to 10 m.; growth increase by repeated subapical branching; shoots slender with crowded subterminal leaves.

Morphology General Indumentum

Young shoots, buds and young leaves with greyish or brown indumentum; older branches glabrescent.

Morphology Leaves Stipules

Stipules present, 3–5 mm. long.

Morphology Leaves Petiole

Petioles 0.7–2 cm. long.

Morphology Leaves

Leaf-lamina oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 7–21 cm. long, 2–6.5 cm. wide, chartaceous, obtuse or very shortly acuminate, narrowly cuneate; upper surface glabrous, lower surface with silky greyish indumentum of dense appressed hairs and sometimes with larger brown emergent hairs; lateral nerves closely parallel, slightly arcuate, raised and easily visible.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers 5–15, congested in axils of current leaves or at old nodes, subsessile, sweetly scented.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx with greyish-brown sericeous indumentum externally; sepals suborbicular, 2–3 mm. long, ±2.5 mm. wide.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla greenish-yellow or pale yellow; tube very short, up to 1 mm. long; lobes broadly ovate, 2–3.3 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Filaments free almost to base, up to 4 mm. long, ± terete; anthers up to 1.5 mm. long; staminodes often present, up to 2 mm. long, well-developed subulate structures with incipient lateral processes, or minute and simple.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Ovary subconical, up to 2 mm. in diameter; style up to 2 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Mature fruit red, ellipsoid, up to 2 cm. long, 1.5 cm. in diameter.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seed ± ellipsoid, with widely extending lateral scar.

Habitat

Shrub and lowermost tree layers in lowland rain-forest; 900–1700 m.

Distribution

K5 U2

Sapotaceae, H. Heine. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit

A tree up to 60 ft high

Morphology Leaves

Pale leaves

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Small flowers clustered mostly below the leaves

Ecology

In deciduous forest.