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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | River corkwood (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small deciduous much-branched tree. Bark green to rusty-red, flaking off in small pieces; young branchlets spine-tipped, zigzagging. Leaves clustered on spur-branchlets, imparipinnate with 6-10 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet up to 7.5 × 2.3 cm; lateral leaflets smaller, often asymmetrical at the base, softly hairy on both surfaces, net-veining prominent; margin finely toothed. Flowers in axillary sessile clusters on short spur-branchlets, small, bell-shaped, yellowish. Fruit subspherical, somewhat flattened, c. 1.8 cm in diameter, hairless. Seeds with a 4-armed pseudaril; margin wavy. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ugogensis: of Ugogo in Central Tanzania, where the type specimen was found. |
| Habitat: | On alluvial soils along rivers, sometimes forming thickets. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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