Newtonia buchananii (Baker) G.C.C. Gilbert & Boutique

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Newtonia buchananii

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Aberfoyle Country Club, Honde Valley

Newtonia buchananii

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Nyabamba Bridge, Chimanimani District

Newtonia buchananii

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Along trail above Garuzo motel, Mt Garuzo, Manica

Newtonia buchananii

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Along trail above Garuzo motel, Mt Garuzo, Manica

Newtonia buchananii

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By the Swynnerton Memorial, Chirinda Forest

Newtonia buchananii

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Pungwe River at Katiyo Tea Estate

Newtonia buchananii

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Slopes above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa

Newtonia buchananii

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Slopes above Cavalo, Sanjunjira, Mt Gorongosa

Newtonia buchananii

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Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC

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Synonyms: Piptadenia buchananii Baker
Common names: Forest newtonia (English) Mufumoti (Shona) Mujairaya (Ndau) Mujairaya (Shona) Mupfumoti (Ndau)
Frequency: Locally common
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: buchananii: after John Buchanan (1855 – 1896), Scottish horticulturist, missionary, farmer and plant collector in Malawi, who became Acting British Consul to Central Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchanan_(settler).
Habitat: In evergreen forest, often near streams.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1830 m
Flowering time:Jun - Oct
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution: E
Growth form(s): Tree.
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Images last updated: Friday 21 September 2007
Literature:

Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 28 - 30. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 212. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 221. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 40.

Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 242.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 45.

Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 17. as Piptadenia buchanani

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 94 - 95.

Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 74.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Newtonia buchananii.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=126400, retrieved 29 March 2024

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