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Premna senensis
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
At junction of road no.1 and 3, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
At junction of road no.1 and 3, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Large-leaved skunk-bush (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Scrambling shrub or small bushy, soft-wooded tree with drooping branches. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, unpleasantly aromatic when crushed, broadly ovate to oblong, usually 6-9 cm long, pale green, leathery, velvety on both surfaces, margin coarsely and bluntly toothed in the apical parts. Flowers in small terminal heads; corolla c. 4 mm in diameter, white with spreading lobes. Fruit ovoid, 3-6 mm in diameter, fleshy, glandular with the persistent calyx ribbed. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | senensis: from Sena on the Zambezi River in Mozambique |
| Habitat: | In riverine fringes, on termite mounds and dry rocky hillsides, sometimes forming thickets. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 200 - 1270 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Burundi, Caprivi - Namibia, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 27 July 2008 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Premna senensisAfrican Plant Database: Premna senensis
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Premna senensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Premna senensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Premna senensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Premna senensis
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Premna senensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Premna senensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Premna senensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Premna senensis
Tropicos: Premna senensis
West African Plants database: Premna senensis
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