Distribution
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Ivory
Coast east to
Kenya, Tanzania
and south to Angola and northern Zambia.
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Biology
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Forests, usually
next to streams or rivers, sometimes in rocky places, up to an altitude of
1800m.
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Habitat
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Pollinator: Agaon
fasciatum Waterston.
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More
pictures
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Credits
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Photographs
© Jean-Yves Rasplus
and
Simon van Noort
Web
editing: Aisha Mayekiso |
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Description
(after
Berg in
Berg
& Wiebes 1992)
Next species
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Biological
form
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tree
up to 8 m tall, terrestrial or hemi-epiphytic
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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oblanceolate
to obovate, coriaceous, apex acuminate, base acute, both surface glabrous,
sometimes sparsely puberulous on the midrib beneath
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size
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6-20
x 3-7 cm
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lateral
veins
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5-7
pairs
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petiole
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1.5-4
cm long, glabrous or sparsely brownish puberulous
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Stipules
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1.5-2.5
cm long, glabrous or minutely white puberulous, persistent
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Figs
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position
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solitary
or up to 3 together in the leaf axils
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shape
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globose,
smooth or with up to 3 mm long protuberances, Æ
3-5 cm (fresh), scabrous, wall thick and spongy, apex protruding
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peduncle
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none
or 0.5-2.5 cm long
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basal
bracts
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4
mm long, persistent
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