Distribution
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Uganda,
Kenya, Tanzania and N. Zambia
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Biology
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Pollinator: Elisabethiella socotrensis
(Mayr)
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Habitat
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Savanna
woodland in rocky places and on termite mounds, up to an altitude of 2000m.
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Credits
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Illustration
©
Jean-Yves Rasplus
Photo
Simon van Noort © Iziko Museums of Cape Town
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, terrestrial, wide crown
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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cordiform
to ovate, (sub)coriaceous, apex rounded, base cordate, both surface ±
hirtellous
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size
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6-23
x 5-23 cm
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lateral
veins
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5-8
pairs, basal pair branched reaching margin at or just above the middle of
the lamina
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petiole
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2-6
cm long, hirtellous
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Stipules
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0.5-1.5
cm long, yellow hirsute, caducous
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Figs
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position
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in
pairs in the leaf axils, initially enclosed by bud covers
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shape
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subglobos,
Æ
1.5-2 cm (fresh), densely to sparsely yellow pubescent
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peduncle
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none
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basal
bracts
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3-5
mm long, persistent
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