Pavetta schumanniana F. Hoffm. ex K. Schum.

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Cleveland Dam

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Entrance road just outside Lake Chivero Recreational Park

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Domboshawa

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Lake Kyle Recreational Park

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Chifukawi (Shona) Chinama (Shona) Chipindura chiduku (Shona) Chitunguru (Shona) Chityorabadza (Shona) Mufuramhembwe (Shona) Murambagaka (Shona) Murunganyama (Shona) Musauti (Shona) Muwana (Shona) Mwenje (Shona) Nyapuna (Shona) Nyaputa (Shona) Poison bride's-bush (English) Poison pavetta (English) Umbodzani (Ndebele)
Frequency:	Common
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small semi-deciduous tree. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, crowded towards the ends of branches, obovate with a rounded or emarginate apex; upper surface with rough hairs, lower surface greyish velvety, dotted with dark bacterial nodules. Flowers white, sweetly scented, in dense, rounded axillary heads.
Notes:
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Habitat:	In miombo and other types of deciduous woodland and wooded grassland. Also on rocky hillsides.
Altitude range: (metres)	350 - 1800 m
Flowering time:	Nov - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Rwanda, Burrundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:	ST
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Literature:	Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 36 - 37. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Mozambique: Pavetta schumanniana
African Plant Database: Pavetta schumanniana
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pavetta schumanniana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pavetta schumanniana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pavetta schumanniana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pavetta schumanniana
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pavetta schumanniana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pavetta schumanniana
JSTOR Plant Science: Pavetta schumanniana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pavetta schumanniana
Tropicos: Pavetta schumanniana
West African Plants database: Pavetta schumanniana