Distribution
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From
Zambia to Guinea and Ethiopia.
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Biology
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Pollinator: Ceratosolen
megacephalus Grandi.
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Habitat
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In woodland, in
periodically inundated areas, along streams.
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Credits
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Photographs
© Jean-Yves Rasplus and Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town)
Web
editing: Aisha Mayekiso |
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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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ovate
to cordiform, coriaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acute, base obtuse to
cordate, upper surface smooth or ±
pubescent
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size
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4-24
x 3-24 cm
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lateral
veins
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5-8
pairs, basal pair reaching margin at or above middle of the lamina
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petiole
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2-11
cm long, glabrous, sometimes white hirtellous
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Stipules
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1-3
cm long, lower part puberulous, caducous
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Figs
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position
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solitary
in the leaf axils, rarely on branchlets on the older wood
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shape
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subglobose
to obovoid, Æ
4-8 cm (fresh), white to yellowish puberulous
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peduncle
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0.2-1.2
cm long
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basal
bracts
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2
mm long
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