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Azanza garckeana
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Mukuvisi Woodland, Office area
Photo: Bart Wursten
Osborne Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten
Osborne Dam
Photo: Marius Steffens
Along road by Lake Cunningham Recreational Park
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| Synonyms: |
Thespesia garckeana F. Hoffm. |
| Common names: | Mugurura (Shona) Mutohwe (Shona) Snot apple (English) Uxakuxaku (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tree to 10 m. Leaves: lamina up to 20 × 20 cm, subcircular in outline, palmately 3-5-lobed, with a linear fissure 5-10 mm long on the mid-vein beneath; stellate-pubescent to nearly glabrous above, stellate-tomentose to -pubescent beneath; base cordate; apex usually blunt or rounded; margin entire. Flowers c.6 cm in diameter, yellow or purplish with dark purple or dark red centre. Epicalyx teeth 9-10, up to 12 mm, caducous. Calyx c.10 mm. Capsule up to 4 × 3 cm, subspherical to broadly ellipsoid or ovoid, glutinous. Seeds c.10 × 7 mm, hemispheric, with a brownish woolly floss. |
| Notes: | Readily recognisable by the distinctive longitudinal fissure on the mid-vein beneath. This may be differently coloured to the rest of the leaf or not and may be of various sizes. |
| Derivation of specific name: | garckeana: named after Christian Garcke (1819-1904), botanist and plant collector |
| Habitat: | In a wide range of habitats: woodland, grassland, riverine vegetation and rocky places. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1700 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern and southern tropical Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | ST |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | Sphingomorpha chlorea (Sundowner moth or Banana hawk) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 10 March 2007 |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 138 - 139. (Includes a picture). Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 79. (Includes a picture). |
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