Details of record no: 66508

Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

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Record details:

Date: 4 May 2013
Recorder(s):BT Wursten
T Castigo
Collector(s):
Determiner(s):BT Wursten
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:
Habitat: In riverine forest fringe on limestone
Location: Cloud Pool, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.
Location code(s): 14
Outing code: 38
Planted code: Not planted
Country: Mozambique
Quarter Degree Square: 1934B1
Grid reference:
FZ Division: MS
Altitude (metres): 114
Notes: Colony of low-stemmed but not young specimens present. Not all of same size and age. No inflorescences or fruit seen but all leaflets distinctly "roof"-shaped (not V-shaped). It seems unlikely that they have been planted in this otherwise remote and undisturbed area. No Mature tree-sized parent specimens seen anywhere near.
Latitude, Longitude: -19.030970, 34.675420
Location Accuracy Code: 7

Map of species record

Images:

Image no: 4

Elaeis guineensis
Species id:185110
Image id:4
Image number:21594
Photographer: BT Wursten
Code 1 if image of a herbarium specimen:0
Herbarium in which image taken:
Code 1 if image not to be displayed:0
Image notes:Colony of low-stemmed but not young specimens present. Not all of same size and age. No inflorescences or fruit seen but all leaflets distinctly "roof"-shaped (not V-shaped). It seems unlikely that they have been planted in this otherwise remote and undisturbed area. No Mature tree-sized parent specimens seen anywhere near.

Image no: 5

Elaeis guineensis
Species id:185110
Image id:5
Image number:21595
Photographer: BT Wursten
Code 1 if image of a herbarium specimen:0
Herbarium in which image taken:
Code 1 if image not to be displayed:0
Image notes:Colony of low-stemmed but not young specimens present. Not all of same size and age. No inflorescences or fruit seen but all leaflets distinctly "roof"-shaped (not V-shaped). It seems unlikely that they have been planted in this otherwise remote and undisturbed area. No Mature tree-sized parent specimens seen anywhere near.

Image no: 6

Elaeis guineensis
Species id:185110
Image id:6
Image number:21596
Photographer: BT Wursten
Code 1 if image of a herbarium specimen:0
Herbarium in which image taken:
Code 1 if image not to be displayed:0
Image notes:Colony of low-stemmed but not young specimens present. Not all of same size and age. No inflorescences or fruit seen but all leaflets distinctly "roof"-shaped (not V-shaped). It seems unlikely that they have been planted in this otherwise remote and undisturbed area. No Mature tree-sized parent specimens seen anywhere near.

Image no: 7

Elaeis guineensis
Species id:185110
Image id:7
Image number:21597
Photographer: BT Wursten
Code 1 if image of a herbarium specimen:0
Herbarium in which image taken:
Code 1 if image not to be displayed:0
Image notes:Colony of low-stemmed but not young specimens present. Not all of same size and age. No inflorescences or fruit seen but all leaflets distinctly "roof"-shaped (not V-shaped). It seems unlikely that they have been planted in this otherwise remote and undisturbed area. No Mature tree-sized parent specimens seen anywhere near.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: Individual record no: 66508: Elaeis guineensis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species-record.php?record_id=66508, retrieved 28 March 2024

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