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Cremaspora triflora
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Psychotria triflora Thonn. |
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| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Bark grey to pale brown; branches opposite above the leaf axils with a distinct round or heart-shaped leaf below the joint of the branches. Leaves opposite, elliptic to obovate, up to 12 × 5 cm, dark glossy green, hairless above, variously hairy or hairless below. Flowers in opposite axillary clusters, c. 1 cm in diameter, white with a green style. Fruit ellipsoid, up to 1.5 cm long, hairless or hairy, red when ripe, crowned with the persistent calyx. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | triflora: with flowers in threes | |
| Habitat: | In the understorey of evergreen forest, often along streams. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 1800 m | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 16 June 2009 |
Other sources of information about Cremaspora triflora:
Flora of Mozambique: Cremaspora trifloraBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Cremaspora triflora
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cremaspora triflora
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cremaspora triflora
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cremaspora triflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cremaspora triflora
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cremaspora triflora
West African Plants database: Cremaspora triflora
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