Garcinia tschapensis Engl.

Sosef, Marc S. M. & Dauby, Gilles, 2012, Contribution to the taxonomy of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Africa, including two new species from Gabon and a key to the Lower Guinean species, PhytoKeys 17, pp. 41-62 : 50

Garcinia tschapensis Engl.

Garcinia tschapensis - Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 393 (1919).

Type:

CAMEROON. Genderogebirge, Tschape pass, 1430 m alt., Ledermann 2771. Not located, probably lost at B, no duplicates traced yet, but a sketch of Ledermann 2771 is present at BM.

The protologue states the material concerns a fairly large tree (18-22 m), with twigs soon rounded, rugose petioles of 1.5-2 cm long with a distinct foveola, leaf blade coriaceous and shiny, male flowers 4-7 in a fascicle, pedicel 2.5 cm, white petals, stamens 20, in 4 bundles, fused to halfway, alternating with verrucose disc lobes. The sketch at BM shows large elliptic-obovate leaves with slightly acuminate apex and a fasciculate inflorescence with three flowers on 22-28 mm long pedicels.

Again, this description, as well as the sketch, fit Garcinia smeathmannii and for now we regard it as a synonym of that species.