• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Gabon

• State/Province

  Ogooué-Maritime

• Locality

  Rabi, W of platform 53, at crossing to platform 78.

• Elevation

  Alt. 40 m. (131 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -1.915, 9.85

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Small specimen portion rem'oved for phylogenomic analysis:
Phylogenomic discovery and engineering of nitrogen fixation into the
bioenergy woody crop poplar (DOE).
R. Folk et al. (FLAS)	Mar. 2018
03263185
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EX NATIONAAL HERBARIUM NEDERLAND
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY BRANCH (WAG)
Collected by: J.J. Wieringa
no. 3270	d.d.: 24 November 1994
With: F.I. van Nek
Leguminosae-Caes.
Tetraberlinia longiracemosa (A.Chev.) Wieringa
Det: JJ. Wieringa 30 September 1999
GABON, OGOOUE-MARITIME, Rabi, W of platform 53, at
crossing to platform 78.
1°54.9'S, 9°51.0' E Alt: 40m
Tree, c. 40 m high. DBH 1.0 m. Bark dark brown with reddish
brown lenticels. Bark being penetrated by bark beetles, on some
damaged spots producing clear orange resin, later drying into a
dark red gum. Bole cylindrical, straight, without branches for c.
16 m. Some branches infected by Pilostyles aethiopica. Leaflets
papery, upper side glossy, dark green, lower side somewhat
glossy, medium green. Stipules.pale purple to purple-green.
Young leaves light green to medium green above, pale green
beneath.
Peduncle brown with brown hairs, branches green with brown
hairs. Bracts white with long brown hairs. Pedicel greenish
white to creamy. Bracteoles white, with very short white and
long brown hairs. Sepals pale yellowish white. Adaxial petal
lemon-yellow, pinkish white at very base. Other petals pale
yellowish white. Filaments white. Anthers pale pinkish orange,
pale grey around the slits. Ovary green with brown hairs. Style
white, getting pink to the apex. Stigma whitish. Young pods
light purplish green with brown hairs. Flowers visited by
honeybees and "moucheron" (small stingless bees).
Associated materials: Bark sample; leaf for DNA; Spirit
collection.