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Craterispermum schweinfurthii
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, Mozambique
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, Mozambique
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, Mozambique
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, Mozambique
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| Common names: | Mudotasadza (S) Porridge-stick (E) | |
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| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Glabrous shrub or tree, to 15 m. Leaves: lamina 7- 18 cm long, elliptic, oblong or obovate, yellow-green; base cuneate; apex obtuse or shortly acuminate. Inflorescences supra-axillary, compact, several flowered. Peduncle stout, flattened, thickened above. Calyx tube 0.7-1.5 mm. Corolla sweet-scented. Style bearing 2 stigma lobes. Fruit 5-6 mm long, sessile. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | schweinfurthii: named after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), German botanical collector and taxonomist. | |
| Habitat: | In dry evergreen forest and mist forest; sometimes on termite mounds | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 200 - 1770 m | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, Cameroun, Central and East Africa, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 6 June 2009 |
Other sources of information about Craterispermum schweinfurthii:
Flora of Mozambique: Craterispermum schweinfurthiiBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Craterispermum schweinfurthii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Craterispermum schweinfurthii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Craterispermum schweinfurthii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Craterispermum schweinfurthii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Craterispermum schweinfurthii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Craterispermum schweinfurthii
West African Plants database: Craterispermum schweinfurthii
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