Cassipourea malosana (Baker) Alston

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    Rhizophoraceae
    Cassipourea malosana (Baker) Alston

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    NY Barcode: 4963831

    Occurrence ID: 13700db1-92b0-4be7-aac4-46b4082ee5ff

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EX FOREST HERBARIUM, OXFOiíD
TABGRSYIKA TBRRfflTOR?
A47/55
Ho. 2
Locality: Katanga H. Kilimanjaro.
Hsbit: Tvqq*	_.
Main stem: single; total ht. of tree 93'; bole 60' to first branch»
near straight and cylindrical»
Barks grey brown, smooth.
Sio«hi Outer bark - very thin red Inner surface; inner fetork	-	orange
* with a few white longitudinal strafclts; I- thick; hard	and	brittle
Sapwood: cream turning light orange within a few days of felling; hard.
Crown and branching habit: crown heavydeeper than broad; .compact.
Habitat: Montane Forest; specimen col\n t *1
very common; associated with Podocarpua gracimor; Ekebergla
rueppelliana; Fagaropsis angoleñala; on steep mountain slopes
aspect norfg; free drainage; volcanic ash soil.
Vernacular lames* MSAISI (Kikuyu); MSADORA (Chagga).
J.M.Bryce, Acting Utilisation Officer, Moshi, Tang. Terr.
Timber correlated at F.P.R.L., Princes Rlsborough
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