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Synonyms: |
Uapaca microphylla Pax |
Common names: | Narrow-leaved mahobohobo (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small to medium-sized tree. Bark very rough and deeply cracked. Leaves elliptic, oblong or elliptic-oblanceolate, up to 16 cm long, shiny green, hairless with 7-14 pairs of lateral veins, apex broadly tapering or rounded; margin entire, sometimes wavy. Flowers are unisexual, mostly on different trees, creamy-green. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 2 cm long. See var. longifolia for comparison. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | nitida: glossy, shining |
Habitat: | In low-altitude Brachystegia woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1830 m |
Flowering time: | Mar - Jun. especially April |
Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Kenya to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Also DRC, Burundi, Angola. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | Abantis bamptoni (Larval foodplant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 16 March 2008 |
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 151. as Uapaca nitida Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 421. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 185 - 188. as Uapaca nitida (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 251. As Uapaca nitida 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 43. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 95 - 97. 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 144 - 145. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 89. |
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