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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Round-leaved bloodwood (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Medium sized deciduous tree. Bark variable, smooth to rough, fissured or flaking, grey to brown. Leaves imparipinnate with up to 10 pairs of more or less opposite leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets ovate, elliptic to almost round, 3.5-7 cm long, dark green above, much paler below, finely hairy; apex rounded or notched. Flowers in dense axillary and terminal sprays, golden-yellow. Fruit a flattened pod, oval to subcircular, 2.5-3.5 cm in diameter, single-seeded, surrounded by a thick membranous wing. |
Notes: | Note: subsp. polyanthus is distinguished by the yellowish hairs on the leaflets and indistinct lateral veins. |
Derivation of specific name: | rotundifolius: round-leaved; polyanthus: many-flowered |
Habitat: | Occurring in wooded grassland and woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | SW Kenya, Tanzania, DRC (Katanga), Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
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: | Saturday 14 August 2010 |
Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 58 - 60. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 332. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 46. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 225. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 246. As Pterocarpus rotundifolius polyanthus polyanthus 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 50. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 71. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 102. |
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