Distribution
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Tanzania,
Zambia and Malawi.
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Biology
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Pollinator:
Elisabethiella species.
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Habitat
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Savanna
woodland,
also planted in villages.
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Credit
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Photographs ©
Jean-Yves Rasplus
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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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oblong
to lanceolate, coriaceous, apex (sub)obtuse to rounded, base obtuse to
rounded, both surface glabrous
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size
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9-15
x 4-6 cm
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lateral
veins
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10-13
pairs
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petiole
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2-4
cm long, glabrous
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Stipules
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0.3-0.5
cm long, white to yellowish puberulous, caducous
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Figs
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position
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2-7
together on small spurs in the leaf axils or just below the leaves
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shape
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globose,
Æ
1-2 cm (fresh), sparsely puberulous
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peduncle
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0.8-2
cm long
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basal
bracts
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3
mm long, persistent
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