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Strychnos mellodora
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| Common names: | Forest monkey-orange (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Large forest tree to 35 m high. Branchlets not or slightly lenticellate, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 3-8 mm; lamina 5-12 × 2-5 cm; elliptic or narrowly elliptic; apex acuminate; base cuneate, glabrous on both sides. Inflorescence 3-11 cm long, axillary, although sometimes appearing terminal, lax, many-flowered. Flowers 4-merous. Sepals equal, ovate. Corolla white, glabrous outside, densely hairy within; tube very short; lobes 4-5 times as long as the tube. Stamens exserted. Pistil glabrous. Fruit 12 × 10 - 18 × 18 mm, 1-seeded. Seed flattened, ellipsoid. |
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| Habitat: | In medium altitude rainforest |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Tanzania |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave, K. (1983). Trees of Southern Africa 2nd edition. Struik. Cape Town. Page 928. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 268. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1983). Loganiaceae (inc. Buddlejaceae) Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 366 - 367. |
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Kew Herbarium catalogue: Strychnos mellodora
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Strychnos mellodora
The Plant List (version 1.1): Strychnos mellodora
Tropicos: Strychnos mellodora
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