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Cladostemon kirkii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Cladostemon paxianus Gilg |
| Common names: | Ndico za mabhongue (Sena) Three-finger bush (English) Tonga-kierie (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Leaves 3-foliolate with ovate to obovate leaflets, shiny green, thinly textured. Flowers in terminal or axillary, branched inflorescences, white with pink veins, turning yellow with age, sweetly scented, distinctly asymmetric with 2 upper petals much larger than the lower; stamens fused to form a structure up to 15 cm long. Fruit conspicuous c. 8 cm, pendulous on a long, sharply bent, jointed stalk. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | kirkii: named after Dr John Kirk, who accompanied David Livingstone on his Zambezi expedition of 1858 |
| Habitat: | In open woodland and scrub in hot areas, often on sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M |
| Growth form: | ST |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 4 February 2011 |
| Literature: |
Other sources of information about Cladostemon kirkii:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Cladostemon kirkii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cladostemon kirkii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cladostemon kirkii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cladostemon kirkii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cladostemon kirkii
JSTOR Plant Science: Cladostemon kirkii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cladostemon kirkii
Tropicos: Cladostemon kirkii
West African Plants database: Cladostemon kirkii
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