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Markhamia obtusifolia
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Burma Valley
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Burma Valley
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| Synonyms: |
Dolichandrone obtusifolia Baker Markhamia lanata K. Schum. |
| Common names: | Golden bean tree (English) Golden bell-bean (English) Mupfeya (Shona) |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small slender tree to 15 m. Leaves with 3-5 pairs of oblong-elliptic leaflets and a terminal leaflet, densely covered in golden hairs when young, woolly below. Flowers in branched, terminal panicles, showy, golden yellow with reddish stripes on the lower corolla lobes. Fruit a long slender capsule, somewhat flattened, densely covered in golden hairs. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | obtusifolia: with obtuse leaves |
| Habitat: | In open woodland and on margins of evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1300 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E |
| Growth form: | ST |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 24 August 2006 |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Markhamia obtusifolia pageFlora of Mozambique: Markhamia obtusifolia
African Plant Database: Markhamia obtusifolia
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Markhamia obtusifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Markhamia obtusifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Markhamia obtusifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Markhamia obtusifolia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Markhamia obtusifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Markhamia obtusifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Markhamia obtusifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Markhamia obtusifolia
Tropicos: Markhamia obtusifolia
West African Plants database: Markhamia obtusifolia
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