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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Mundyoli (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Musonzo (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Mutumbugwe (Shona) Uganso (Ndebele) Wine-cup (English) Zambezi-oak (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Large spreading tree. Bark flaking in whitish and pale grey patches, giving a mottled appearance. Leaves spirally arranged, up to 12 × 14 cm, palmately 5-9-lobed with lobes ovate-oblong, stellate hairy when young, hairless when older, sometimes with a few hairs remaining at the base of the veins below; base cordate. Flowers in 1-4-flowered axillary and terminal clusters, white to yellowish with a deep red centre, showy, 5-7 cm in diameter, opening only in the mornings. Fruit up to 5 hairy carpels, each with a stiff membranous hairy wing up to 9 × 3 cm, pale straw-coloured with darker markings. |
Notes: | It is restricted to the Valley of the Zambezi and its tributaries and perhaps should be listed as a Near Endemic. |
Derivation of specific name: | zambesiacus: of the Zambezi region |
Habitat: | Mostly on termite mounds, also along riverbanks and floodplains, particularly on silty sandy soils. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Dec - Apr |
Worldwide distribution: | Zambia and Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W |
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: | Saturday 26 December 2009 |
Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 259. 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 80. Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 549 - 550. (Includes a picture). |
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