| Home | > | List of families | > | Gentianaceae | > | Anthocleista | > | grandiflora |
Anthocleista grandiflora
Images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Botanic Garden
Photo: Bart Wursten
Eastern Highlands Tea Estate, Honde Valley
Records and maps: Display species records Map species by: altitude rainfall geology Map species using Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Anthocleista zambesiaca Baker |
| Common names: | Big-leaf (English) Forest big-leaf (English) Forest fever tree (English) Gururu (Shona) Mugopogopo (Shona) Muyama (Shona) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tall straight-stemmed evergreen tree. Leaves very large, clustered near the ends of branches, obovate-oblong, stiff and leathery. Flowers in terminal branched clusters, trumpet-shaped with reflexed petals, creamy-white with a greenish tube. Fruit fleshy, near-spherical, smooth. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | grandiflora: large flowered |
| Habitat: | In riverine forest and along forest margins, often in swampy places. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | East Africa southwards to northern South Africa and the Comores. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,E,S |
| Growth form: | T |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 11 February 2006 |
| Literature: |
Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 23. |
Comments
comments powered by DisqusOther sources of information about Anthocleista grandiflora:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Anthocleista grandiflora pageFlora of Mozambique: Anthocleista grandiflora
African Plant Database: Anthocleista grandiflora
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Anthocleista grandiflora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Anthocleista grandiflora
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Anthocleista grandiflora
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Anthocleista grandiflora
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Anthocleista grandiflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anthocleista grandiflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Anthocleista grandiflora
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Anthocleista grandiflora
Tropicos: Anthocleista grandiflora
West African Plants database: Anthocleista grandiflora
| Home | > | List of families | > | Gentianaceae | > | Anthocleista | > | grandiflora |