Fadogia ancylantha Hiern

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Fadogia ancylantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Park NR

Fadogia ancylantha

Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba Rd near Inn on the Vumba

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Synonyms: Fadogia obovata N.E. Br.
Temnocalyx obovatus (N.E. Br.) Robyns
Common names: Makoni tea bush (E)
Frequency: Common
Status: Native
Description:
Suffrutex, 0.5-1.8 m, from a woody rootstock. Stems yellowish, often woody, with branches in whorls of 3. Leaves usually in whorls of 3. Corolla: tube 17-28 mm, usually curved, greenish-yellow; lobes triangular. Fruit c.12 mm in diameter, spherical.
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Habitat: In woodland and wooded grassland, often on termite mounds.
Altitude range: (metres) 850 - 1680 m
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Worldwide distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: NCES
Growth form: P
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Other sources of information about Fadogia ancylantha:

Flora of Mozambique: Fadogia ancylantha
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Fadogia ancylantha
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Fadogia ancylantha
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Fadogia ancylantha
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Fadogia ancylantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fadogia ancylantha
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Fadogia ancylantha
West African Plants database: Fadogia ancylantha


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Fadogia ancylantha.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=156110, retrieved 3 September 2010

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