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Sterculia quinqueloba
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Msorodoni Farm, rd to Mtoroshanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Msorodoni Farm, rd to Mtoroshanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Msorodoni Fm, rd to Mtoroshanga
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| Synonyms: |
Cola quinqueloba Garcke Sterculia livingstoniana Engl. ? |
| Common names: | Kukubuyu (Shona) Large-leaved star-chestnut (English) Mugoza (Shona) Munera (Shona) Mutedza (Shona) Umkukubuyu (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Medium-sized deciduous tree. Bark smooth cream to pinkish brown, flaking. Leaves crowded near the ends of branches, large, 5-lobed. Flowers yellow, in branched terminal heads, unisexual, both sexes on the same inflorescence. Fruit consisting of 5 separate carpels, covered in golden velvet hairs. The carpels split to show black seeds attached to the rim amidst irritant hairs. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | quinqueloba: with five lobes |
| Habitat: | In woodland and on rocky hillsides and kopjes. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1590 m |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E |
| Growth form: | T |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 216. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 142 - 143. (Includes a picture). Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 80 - 81. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 236 - 237. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae FZ 1(2) Pages 555 - 556. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora Zambesiaca web site: Sterculia quinqueloba
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sterculia quinqueloba
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Kew Herbarium catalogue: Sterculia quinqueloba
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West African Plants database: Sterculia quinqueloba
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