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Philenoptera wankieënsis
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Kariba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Kariba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Kariba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Kariba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Kariba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Kariba
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Sinamatella to Robins Camp, Hwange NP
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| Synonyms: |
Lonchocarpus eriocalyx Harms subsp. wankieënsis Mendonça & E.P. Sousa |
| Common names: | Broad lance-pod (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender deciduous tree. Bark grey, smooth but flaking in older trees; young parts covered in grey woolly hairs. Leaves often crowded on spur-branchlets, imparipinnate with 4-6 pairs of opposite or sub-opposite leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets ovate to elliptic, 3-6 cm long, somewhat hairy above, covered with whitish woolly hairs below, at least on the midrib and veins, particularly when young; apex rounded; base asymmetric. Flowers in showy, more or less erect dense sub-terminal sprays, pale-violet to lilac, flowering with the leaves. Pod flattened, broadly elliptic, up to 7 × 3 cm, with a thickened rim, densely velvety, creamy brown. |
| Notes: | Near Endemic but not listed in Mapaura (2002) |
| Derivation of specific name: | wankieënsis: of the Wankie (now Hwange) area, where the type specimen was recorded. |
| Habitat: | Occurring on rocky outcrops or in dry deciduous woodland and scrub, often with Colophospermum mopane. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 900 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Zimbabwe.Apparently restricted to the mid-Zambezi Valley. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 21 January 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 98 - 99. As Philenoptera wankieensis Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 223. as Lonchocarpus eriocalyx wankieënsis Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 247. As Lonchocarpus eriocalyx wankieënsis 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. |
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