Polysphaeria lanceolata Hiern
subsp. lanceolata
var. lanceolata
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, Cheringoma
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River near Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River near Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River near Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River near Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River near Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Path from Nhago Camp to nearby settlement, Coutada 12
Photo: Bart Wursten
Path from Nhago Camp to nearby settlement, Coutada 12
Photo: Bart Wursten
Boundary stream, Swanepoel Timber Concession, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Boundary stream, Swanepoel Timber Concession, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path to Mt Binga between Mussapa and Nhamadzi Rivers, Chimanimani National Reserve
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Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Polysphaeria (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, up to 15 cm, thinly leathery,glabrous, glossy dark green, midrib prominent below, apex sharply pointed; domatia absent; petiole 4-10 mm long; stipules triangular, keeled, 1.5-5 mm long. Flowers axillary in compact few-flowered heads; corolla c. 7 mm in diameter, white, pale lilac or pinkish, funnel-shaped, densely hairy in the throat. Fruit in dense clusters, subspherical, c. 10 mm in diameter, crowned the calyx lobes, fleshy, blue-green, red to purple-black when ripe. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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lanceolata: lanceolate, lance-shaped |
Habitat:
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In riverine forest and dry evergreen forest, often in the riverbed. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
Up to 1050 m |
Flowering time: | May - Nov |
Worldwide distribution:
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Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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E |
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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: |
Friday 25 May 2007 |
Literature:
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Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 527 - 529. As Polysphaeria lanceolata lanceolata lanceolata
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 972. (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 166.
Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 99.
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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: Polysphaeria lanceolata subsp. lanceolata var. lanceolata. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155660, retrieved 2 December 2024
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