Apocynaceae
Mascarenhasia

Mascarenhasia arborescens A.DC.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 488 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to Mozambique, W. Indian Ocean. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Seychelles

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Brickell, C. (ed.) (1996). The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Garden Plants , Volume 2 (K-Z). Dorling Kingsley Ltd, London.
  • Desire, O. et al. (2010). Antispasmodic and antioxidant activities of fractions and bioactive constituent davidigenin isolated from Mascarenhasia arborescens. J. Ethnopharmacol. 130(2): 320-328.
  • Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O. (2007). Flowering Plant Families of the World. Firefly Books, Ontario.
  • Hickey, M. & King, C. (2000). The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Huxley, A. (ed.) (1999). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, Volume 3 (L-Q). Royal Horticultural Society, London.
  • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1997). Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLIV, Craspidospermum Boj. ex A.DC., Gonioma E.Mey., Mascarenhasia A.DC., Petchia Livera, Plectaneia Thou., and Stephanostegia Baill. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 97-2: 1-124.
  • Mabberley, D.J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Madagascar Catalogue (2010). Mascarenhasia.
  • Palgrave, M.C. (2002). Trees of Southern Africa (Third Edition). Struik Publishers, South Africa.
  • Turk, D. (1995). A Guide to Trees of Ranomafana National Park and Central Eastern Madagascar. Tsimbazaza Botanical and Zoological Garden, Missouri Botanic Garden, St. Louis.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pichon in Mém. Inst. Sci. Madag., sér. B, 2: 81 (1949).
  • in DC. Prod. 8: 488 (1844)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. DC., Prodr. 8: 488 (1844).
  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 482, ill. (1994).
  • Huber in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 72 (1963).
  • Kupicha in Flora Zambesiaca 7 (2): 487, t. 116 (1985).
  • Leeuwenberg in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 97, 2: 24, t. 3, phot. 1 (1997).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2007 Razafimandimbison, S., G.; Andrianatoanina, O. [465] Madagascar K000197168 No
Jan 1, 2007 Bardot-Vaucoulon, M.; Andrianantoanina, O.; Toly, A.; Manesy, J. [1238] Madagascar K000197166 No
Jan 1, 2007 Razafimandimbison, S., G.; Andriambololonera, S.; Andrianatoanina, O. [396] Madagascar K000197167 No
Jan 1, 1994 Capuron, R. [20044] Madagascar K000233973 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Baron, R. [5747] Madagascar K000233975 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1994 K000233978 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Whyte, A. [108] Malawi K000233976 Type No
Jan 1, 1994 Baron, R. [3242] Madagascar K000233974 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1994 K000233977 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Keay, R.W.J. [28663] Cameroon K000028238 No
Jan 1, 1984 Keay, R.W.J. [28670] Cameroon K000028239 No
Jan 1, 1979 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [10568] Cameroon K000028240 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7099] Tanzania K:SPC-31186.000 No
Nyange, M.; Luke, Q. [0481] Kenya K001574478 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5374] Mozambique K000614369 No
Peter, A. [58123] Tanzania Mascarenhasia elastica K001604247 Yes
Peter, A. [58140] Central African Republic Mascarenhasia elastica K001600659 Yes
Peter, A. [58129] Tanzania Mascarenhasia elastica K001600652 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
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