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Agelaea pentagyna
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd nr Mountain Lodge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd nr Mountain Lodge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd nr Mountain Lodge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd nr Mountain Lodge
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| Synonyms: |
Agelaea heterophylla Gilg Agelaea nitida sensu Baker f. Agelaea ugandensis G. Schellenb. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A twining liane or scandent shrub.Young branches, leaf-rhachis, and undersides of leaves with brownish stellate hairs, turning glabrescent with age. Leaves 3-foliolate, 3-veined from the base; petiolules swollen. Flowers in sweetly scented, terminal panicles, white, with the calyx densely covered in stellate and glandular hairs. Fruits obovoid, brown-red when ripe, covered in stellate hairs. Seeds with an orange aril. |
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| Habitat: | Along the margins of forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1540 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form: | SL |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 27 May 2006 |
| Literature: |
Mendes, E.J. (1966). Connaraceae FZ 2(2) Pages 618 - 619. as Agelaea heterophylla (Includes a picture). |
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Flora Zambesiaca web site: Agelaea pentagyna
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Agelaea pentagyna
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Agelaea pentagyna
JSTOR Plant Science: Agelaea pentagyna
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Agelaea pentagyna
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West African Plants database: Agelaea pentagyna
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