Tricalysia verdcourtiana Robbr.

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (6)

Photo: Bart Wursten
Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika National Park

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:	Tricalysia kivuensis sensu Robbrecht
Common names:
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree 3–11 m high; young branches finely velvety; bark brown. Leaves oblong- elliptic, narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate, 5–13 cm long, fairly thinly textured, hairless; midrib flat to impressed above, prominent beneath; domatia hairy, sometimes very weakly pitted; margin recurved; petiole 3–6 mm long, finely velvety; stipules with limb 1–1.5 mm long and an awn 3–6 mm long. Inflorescences 1–5-flowered axillary , sessile clusters, sometimes a few borne at naked nodes; bract and bracteoles cup-shaped, pubescent. Calyx tube almost fully hidden by upper bracteolar cup, hairless. Corolla colour unknown; tube 3–6 mm long hairless outside, sometimes with very few hairs inside; lobes 4-6, 5–7 mm long, pubescent outside. Fruit orange or red, c. 4.5 mm in diameter when ripe.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	verdcourtiana: after Bernard Verdcourt (1925-2011), botanist, taxonomist and author of many family treatments in Flora Zambesiaca and Flora of Tropical East Africa.
Habitat:	In montane and riverine evergreen forest
Altitude range:	1700 - 2250 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Southern Tanzania, northern Malawi and Zambia.
Malawi distribution:	N
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Tuesday 30 April 2019
Literature:	Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 493 - 494. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 255. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 22. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 94. Robbrecht, E. (1987). The African genus Tricalysia A. Rich. (Rubiaceae) 4. Revision of the species of sectio Tricalysia ans sectio Rosea. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique national de Belgique 57(1/2) Pages 100 - 104. also incl. p.p. T. kivuensis (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 501.

Other sources of information about Tricalysia verdcourtiana:

Our websites:

Flora of Zambia: Tricalysia verdcourtiana

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tricalysia verdcourtiana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tricalysia verdcourtiana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tricalysia verdcourtiana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tricalysia verdcourtiana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Tricalysia verdcourtiana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tricalysia verdcourtiana
JSTOR Plant Science: Tricalysia verdcourtiana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tricalysia verdcourtiana
Plants of the World Online: Tricalysia verdcourtiana
Tropicos: Tricalysia verdcourtiana
Wikipedia: Tricalysia verdcourtiana