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Synonyms: |
Faurea speciosa (Welw.) Welw. |
Common names: | Broad-leaved beechwood (English) Kapfutsa (Shona) Mugarahungwe (Shona) Munyanganza (Shona) Mutsatsati (Shona) Muzhenje (Shona) |
Frequency: | Frequent |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small deciduous tree. Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate, very hairy when young, becoming hairless on the upper surface with age. Flowers in large cream spikes, which turn hairy and brush-like when fruiting. |
Notes: | A winter-flowering species |
Derivation of specific name: | rochetiana: named after Rochet d'Hèricourt, French botanist and collector in Ethiopia during the mid-nineteenth century. |
Habitat: | In woodland and hilly grassland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1190 - 1870 m |
Flowering time: | Mar - Sep |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Northern Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Monday 24 February 2014 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 229. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 99. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 27. Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 51 - 53. Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 363 - 366. as Faurea speciosa (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 6. as Faurea speciosa Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 69. Mendes, E.J. (1978). Haloragaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 161. (Includes a picture). 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 54 - 55. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 6. as Faurea speciosa Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 155. |
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