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Synonyms: |
Alangium begoniifolium (Roxb.) Baill. Marlea begoniifolia Roxb. Stylidium chinense Lour. |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Very rare in Zimbabwe. |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Slender tree. Leaves alternate, variously ovate, conspicuously 4-5 veined from the markedly asymmetric base. Young leaves often palmately lobed. Flowers in small axillary clusters, creamy-white to pale yellow with golden hairs., sweetly scented. Fruit fleshy, flattened, crowned with the remains of the old calyx. |
Notes: | It is known from only two localities in Zimbabwe, where it was recorded during the late 1970s. The subpopulation at Mtarazi Falls had only two mature specimens; the subpopulation in Chirinda Forest had about seven young specimens. Recent surveys were unsuccessful at rediscovering them. |
Derivation of specific name: | chinense: of China |
Habitat: | In moist evergreen forest. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 m (approx) |
Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | Bioko, Cameroon, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Angola. Also in tropical Asia from India to China,Japan and Indochina, Java and the Sunda Islands. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | Critically Endangered |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 30 June 2016 |
Literature: |
Bamps, P. & Geerinck, D. (2005). Alangiaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique Pages 1 - 4. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 56. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 724. (Includes a picture). Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Alangiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 633 - 635. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 18. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & White, F. (1990). New and noteworthy plants from the evergreen forests of Malawi Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 60(1/2) Page 75. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 265. Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 326 - 327. (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 161. 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 15. Troupin, G. (1983). Alangiaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Pages 548 - 549. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 120 - 121. (Includes a picture). |
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