Paropsia brazzeana Baill.
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Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Bart Wursten
c. 6 km from Gokwe along Gokwe - Kwekwe road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
c. 6 km from Gokwe along Gokwe - Kwekwe road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
c. 6 km from Gokwe along Gokwe - Kwekwe road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
c. 6 km from Gokwe along Gokwe - Kwekwe road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
c. 6 km from Gokwe along Gokwe - Kwekwe road.
Photo: Bart Wursten
c. 6 km from Gokwe along Gokwe - Kwekwe road.
Photo: John Laing
Along Lupane-Nkayi road before Mbuma.
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Sikota Village, Namilangi, Nkyema Distr., Western Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Sikota Village, Namilangi, Nkyema Distr., Western Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Sikota Village, Namilangi, Nkyema Distr., Western Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Luampa area, Luampa District, Western Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Luampa area, Luampa District, Western Province
Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Luampa area, Luampa District, Western Province
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Synonyms:
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Paropsia argutidens Sleumer Paropsia reticulata Engl.
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Multi-stemmed small shrub up to 1 m high, growing from a thick rhizome or shrub up to 4 m tall with a short trunk up to 5 cm in diameter. Young branches covered in rusty hairs. Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, up to 13 × 7.5 cm, coriaceous, rusty hairy when young, mostly hairless when mature; margin with conspicuous glandular teeth. Flowers with the leaves, in 1-3-flowered axillary clusters, white to greenish-white. Capsule ovoid-subglobose, up to 2 cm long, covered in rusty hairs. Seeds c. 8 × 4 mm, ovoid, compressed, brown with an orange aril. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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brazzeana: named after Jacques de Brazza (1859-1888), French explorer and plant collector, who travelled together with his brother Pierre Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza in Gabon and the Congo. |
Habitat:
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Woodland and thickets on Kalahari sand. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
900 - 1450 m |
Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
Worldwide distribution:
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Angola, Cameroon, CAR, Congo Brazzaville, DRC, Botswana, Namibia (Caprivi), Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,C |
Growth form(s):
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Shrub over 2 m, shrub under 2 m.
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Monday 15 February 2016 |
Literature:
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Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 262.
Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 372 - 374.
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 66.
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 91.
Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 221.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Paropsia brazzeana. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141020, retrieved 25 April 2024
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