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Dalbergia boehmii
boehmii
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Along Southwestern firebreak, Catapu Concession, Sofala.
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Along Southwestern firebreak, Catapu Concession, Sofala.
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
At first riverbed crossing along road to Musikadzi river rager post, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
At first riverbed crossing along road to Musikadzi river rager post, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Nhavu bridge and second bridge, along road from entrance gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Dalbergia elata Harms |
| Common names: | Large-leaved dalbergia (English) |
| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Large shrub or small to medium-sized deciduous tree, unarmed. Bark grey or brown, rough and flaking in older trees. Leaves imparipinnate, with 9-19 alternate to subopposite, ovate to lanceolate leaflets, up to 7.5 × 3.5 cm. Flowers large axillary panicles, small, creamy white, sweetly scented, appearing before or with the new leaves. Pods flat and thin, elliptic-oblong, 6-11 cm, reddish brown, indehiscent. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | boehmii: named after Richard Böhm (1854-1884), German plant collector in Tanzania. |
| Habitat: | In a variety of woodland habitats and forest. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1400 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea Bissau to Kenya, South to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Also in Angola |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS |
| 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 24 August 2012 |
| Literature: |
Other sources of information about Dalbergia boehmii:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Dalbergia boehmii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Dalbergia boehmii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Dalbergia boehmii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Dalbergia boehmii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dalbergia boehmii
JSTOR Plant Science: Dalbergia boehmii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Dalbergia boehmii
Tropicos: Dalbergia boehmii
West African Plants database: Dalbergia boehmii
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