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Common names: | Ritchiea (English) |
Frequency: | Rare in Zimbabwe, reaching the southern limit of its distribution in Chirinda Forest. |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small tree. Leaves spirally arranged, palmate, usually with 5 leaflets, sometimes 3, glossy dark green, hairless, apex with a soft hair-like tip; petiole up to 10 cm long. Flowers in axillary or terminal few-flowered spikes; petals long and narrow, white; stamens numerous, up to 4 cm long. Fruit ellipsoid, up to 4.5 × 2.5 cm, smooth or slightly grooved, brown, splitting into 4 valves. |
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Habitat: | In understorey and margins of evergreen forest. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Probably Jan - Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | Southern Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 31 January 2009 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 165. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 220 - 221. De Wolf, G.P. (1961). The Genus Ritchiea in East and West Africa Kirkia 1 Pages 96 - 97. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 237. 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 32. Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 243 - 244. (Includes a picture). |
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