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Newtonia buchananii
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Aberfoyle Country Club, Honde Valley
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Nyabamba Bridge, Chimanimani District
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By the Swynnerton Memorial, Chirinda Forest
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| Synonyms: |
Piptadenia buchananii Baker |
| Common names: | Forest newtonia (English) Mufumoti (Shona) Mujairaya (Ndau) Mujairaya (Shona) Mupfumoti (Ndau) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Very large tree. Bark greyish-brown, fairly smooth; large trees often buttressed at the base Leaves with 12-23 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 38-67 pairs per pinna, linear-oblong, very small, less than 1 cm long; rhachis with a stalked gland between each pair of pinnae. Flowers in axillary spikes up to 19 cm long, white to yellow. Pods slender, up to 32 cm long, flat, splitting on one side and opening out flat. Seeds up to 7.5 cm surrounded by a reddish papery wing. |
| Notes: | In Zimbabwe, this species is mostly below 1400 m, rarely occurring at higher altitudes. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In evergreen forest, often near streams. |
| Flowering time: | Jun - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 21 September 2007 |
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Other sources of information about Newtonia buchananii:
Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Newtonia buchananii pageBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Newtonia buchananii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Newtonia buchananii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Newtonia buchananii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Newtonia buchananii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Newtonia buchananii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Newtonia buchananii
JSTOR Plant Science: Newtonia buchananii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Newtonia buchananii
Tropicos: Newtonia buchananii
West African Plants database: Newtonia buchananii
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