Cladostemon kirkii (Oliv.) Pax & Gilg

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Cladostemon kirkii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

Cladostemon kirkii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

Cladostemon kirkii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

Cladostemon kirkii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

Cladostemon kirkii

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):
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Content last updated: Friday 4 February 2011
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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
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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


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Cladostemon kirkii.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124420, retrieved 20 May 2013

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