Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.

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Peltophorum dubium

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cultivated tree in National Botanic Gardens, Harare.

Peltophorum dubium

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cultivated tree in National Botanic Gardens, Harare.

Peltophorum dubium

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cultivated tree in National Botanic Gardens, Harare.

Peltophorum dubium

Photo: Mark Hyde
Cultivated tree in National Botanic Gardens, Harare.

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Synonyms: africanum Sond. var. speciosum Burtt Davy
Common names:
Description: Very similar to Peltophorum africanum, differing in the closely appressed hairs on the young branches and by stipules which are not pinnate (they are either simple, inconspicuous or 0).
Notes: Native of tropical South America and rarely introduced into southern Africa as an ornamental.

The species has been collected from the Matobo Hills, but the status of the collection is unclear. We have included this species on the grounds that it might just be naturalised in the Rhodes Matopos NP.
Derivation of specific name: dubium: uncertain, doubtful
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Tropical south America
Growth form(s): Tree.
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Image last updated: Saturday 13 December 2008
Literature:

Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Page 197.

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Peltophorum dubium

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Peltophorum dubium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Peltophorum dubium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Peltophorum dubium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Peltophorum dubium
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iNaturalist: Peltophorum dubium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Peltophorum dubium
JSTOR Plant Science: Peltophorum dubium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Peltophorum dubium
Plants of the World Online: Peltophorum dubium
Tropicos: Peltophorum dubium
Wikipedia: Peltophorum dubium


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: Species information: Peltophorum dubium.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=174640, retrieved 29 March 2024

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