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Tabernaemontana elegans
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Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Area
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Area
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| Synonyms: |
Conopharyngia elegans (Stapf) Stapf |
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| Common names: | Muchanga (S) Toad-tree (E) | |
| Frequency: | ||
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. All parts with milky latex. Bark pale brown, corky, deeply fissured. Leaves opposite, elliptic, leathery, glossy dark green, usually hairless on both surfaces with 12-23 lateral veins on each side of the midrib, straight but curving up near the margin. Flowers in lax corymbs; corolla white, creamy or pale yellow, sweetly scented. Fruits in spreading pairs of obliquely ovoid, beaked pods, each up to 8 cm, glaucous or green, covered in pale brown warts. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | elegans: elegant | |
| Habitat: | In woodland at low altitudes and in riverine situations. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 700 m | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec | |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Somalia to Zimbabwe, Mozambique and S. Africa | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | ES | |
| Growth form: | ST | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
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| Endemic status: | ||
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Monday 12 March 2007 |
Other sources of information about Tabernaemontana elegans:
Flora of Mozambique: Tabernaemontana elegansBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Tabernaemontana elegans
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tabernaemontana elegans
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tabernaemontana elegans
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tabernaemontana elegans
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tabernaemontana elegans
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tabernaemontana elegans
West African Plants database: Tabernaemontana elegans
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