Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: E.A. OMINO
Names
PLEIOCERAS orientale Vollesen [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bot. Tidsskr. 75: 59 (1980); Barink in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool 83 (7): 37, t. 4 (1983) & in F.Z. 7 (2): 484, t. 114 (1985). Type: Tanzania, Kilwa District, Malemba Thicket, Vollesen 4783 (C, holo., BR, EA!, K, LISC, WAG, iso.)
Notes
USES. None recorded. Bally 11537 fromT2, Masai District: between Endulen and Lake Eyassi at 1700 m is possibly this species. The material consists of follicles only.Luke (pers. comm.) has seen this species in K 7, Kwale District: Mwele Forest, in Oct. 2001. The material was glabrous, similar to that of Pedro & Pedrogao 5225 from Niassa, Mozambique.