Distribution
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From
north-eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, through Zambia, Malawi, north-western
Mozambique and Tanzania to Kenya.
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Biology
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Pollinator: Alfonsiella bergi Wiebes
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Habitat
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Savanna
woodland |
Credits
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Illustration
©
Jean-Yves Rasplus
Web
editing: Aisha Mayekiso |
Description
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(after Berg in Berg
& Wiebes 1992)
Next species
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Biological
form
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shrub
or tree up to 7 m tall, terrestrial or sometimes hemi-epiphytic
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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oblong
to ovate, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, apex shortly acuminate, base
rounded to cordate, both surface hirtellous
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size
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1-9
x 1-6 cm
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lateral
veins
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3-5
pairs, basal pair faintly branched reaching margin far below the middle of
the lamina
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petiole
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0.3-2
cm long
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Stipules
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0.2-1.2
cm long, puberulous, caducous
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Figs
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position
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in
pairs in the leaf axils, also on the older wood
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shape
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(sub)globose,
Æ
1-1.2 cm (fresh), puberulous to hirtellous
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peduncle
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none,
fig sessile
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basal
bracts
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2-2.5
mm long, persistent
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