Distribution
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From South Africa
to Senegal and the Arabian Peninsula
and Madagascar. Planted for cultivation in Egypt, Israel and Syria. |
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Biology
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Pollinator: Ceratosolen
arabicus
Mayr; Ceratosolen
galili Wiebes
is a cuckoo.
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Habitat
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In woodland, near
streams.
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Credits
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Photographs
©
Jean-Yves Rasplus and Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape
Town) |
Description
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(after Berg in
Berg &
Wiebes 1992) Next species |
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Biological
form
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Tree
up to 15 m tall, terrestrial
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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elliptic
to subcordiform, chartaceous, apex rounded, base cordate to rounded, both
surfaces scabrous to puberulous
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size
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14x10
cm
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lateral
veins
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4-7
pairs, basal pair branched, reaching the margin at or below the middle of
the lamina
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petiole
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0.5-3
cm long, puberulous
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Stipules
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0.5-1
cm long, (sub)puberulous, caducous
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Figs
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position
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on
20 cm long branchlets on the branches (ssp. sycomorus) or in the leaf axils (ssp. gnaphalocarpa)
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shape
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globose
to subpyriform, Æ
5 cm (fresh), (sub)puberulous
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peduncle
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0.3-0.6
cm long
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basal
bracts
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2.5-3
mm long
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