Distribution
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From
Senegal to Kenya, south to NW Namibia and South Africa (northern
Kwazulu-Natal)
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Biology
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Pollinator:
Courtella michaloudi
(Wiebes).
Non-pollinator:
Seres
wardi van Noort
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Habitat
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In
various types of forests, including secondary areas, and savanna along water
courses.
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| Credits |
Photographs: Jean-Yves Rasplus and Simon van
Noort
Web
editing: Aisha Mayekiso |
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Next species
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Biological
form
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tree
up to 25 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or often terrestrial
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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elliptic
to oblong, coriaceous, apex shortly acuminate to rounded, base obtuse to
rounded, both surfaces glabrous
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size
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12-30
x 6-23 cm
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lateral
veins
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6-8
pairs, often furcate far from the margin
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petiole
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4-11
cm long, glabrous
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Stipules
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0.3-0.5
cm long, glabrous or partly puberulous, caducous
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Figs
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position
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up
to 2-3 on short spurs on the main branches and on the trunk
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shape
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globose,
Æ
3-4 cm (fresh), glabrous to minutely brown puberulous
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peduncle
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0.7-1
cm long
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basal
bracts
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4-5
mm long, persistent
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