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Synonyms: |
Ocotea gardneri Hutch. & M.B. Moss Ocotea viridis Kosterm. Tylostemon kenyensis Chiov. |
Common names: | Bastard stinkwood (English) Northern stinkwood (English) |
Frequency: | Very rare |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Large evergreen tree. Bark brownish, roughish and scaling, cream when slashed, quickly turning blackish. Leaves aromatic, leathery, 8 - 20 cm, more or less broadly elliptic, glossy green above, somewhat paler and dull green below with 8-10 pairs of lateral veins, fine net-veining visible below; apex pointed; margin entire. Flowers in lax axillary heads, whitish to yellowish, fading to brownish. Fruit ovoid, acorn-like, up to 2 cm. |
Notes: | Very rare in Zimbabwe; known only from Mutema CL in the Chipinge District. Listed as Critically endangered due to habitat degradation by forestry plantations. |
Derivation of specific name: | kenyensis: of Kenya |
Habitat: | In evergreen forest. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 - 2600 m |
Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | Critically Endangered |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 21 June 2007 |
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 195. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 141. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 214. Diniz, M.A. (1997). Lauraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2) Pages 58 - 59. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 19. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 165. 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 57. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 115. |
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