Aulacocalyx jasminiflora
jasminiflora
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Habit
Margins of gallery evergreen forest and riverine forest
Ikelenge District
May 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaves
Margins of gallery evergreen forest and riverine forest
Ikelenge District
May 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Margins of gallery evergreen forest and riverine forest
Ikelenge District
May 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Margins of gallery evergreen forest and riverine forest
Ikelenge District
May 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Margins of gallery evergreen forest and riverine forest
Ikelenge District
May 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree 1.5–6(12) m tall with pubescent stems. Leaves 7–16 × 1.8–6(9) cm, narrowly to broadly oblong-elliptic, narrowly acuminate at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base, almost or quite glabrous to pilose on venation beneath; petiole 2–4 mm long; stipules 3–8 mm long, triangular-subulate, bristly hairy. Inflorescences terminal, ± sessile, 2–3(6)-flowered, axes and pedicels suppressed; bracts 2–3 mm long, ovate-triangular, silky pubescent. Flowers scented. Calyx appressed silky-pubescent; tube c. 1.5 mm long; limb-tube 2.5–5 mm long; lobes 1–5 mm long, triangular to subulate. Corolla white or tube greenish; tube (1)1.5–3 cm long, narrowly funnel-shaped or ± cylindrical, sparsely to densely appressed silky pubescent outside; lobes 0.7–2 × 0.2–0.6 cm, narrowly oblong, appressed silky outside. Anthers 0.7–1.5 cm long. Style about as long as corolla tube, the pollen presenter/stigmatic arms joined except for about 1 mm. Fruit 1–1.2 cm in diameter, pubescent, crowned with persistent calyx limb. |
| Type location: |
Equatorial Guinea |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | jasminiflora: with flowers like Jasmin |
| Habitat: | Riverine and evergreen forest |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | From West Africa through central Africa south to Angola and Zambia |
| FZ divisions: | W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 23 July 2025 |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 661 - 662. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Aulacocalyx jasminiflora subsp. jasminiflora:
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aulacocalyx jasminifloraAfrican Plant Database: Aulacocalyx jasminiflora
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aulacocalyx jasminiflora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aulacocalyx jasminiflora
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aulacocalyx jasminiflora
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aulacocalyx jasminiflora
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