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Tarenna pavettoides
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Nhandar River, below Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Nhandar River, below Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Nhandar River, below Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Petra Ballings
Nhandar River, below Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
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| Synonyms: |
Kraussia pavettoides Harv. Pavetta swynnertonii S. Moore |
| Common names: | False bride's-bush (English) Large-leaved butterspoon (English) Large-leaved tarenna (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub small to medium-sized tree. Bark pale to rusty brown, smooth or rough and scaly when older; young branchlets, 4-angled. Leaves opposite oblanceolate, up to 20 cm long, often one leaf in a pair smaller than the other, hairless except for few hairs on the midrib below; base often running down the petiole. Flowers axillary and terminal heads, whitish with protruding stamens, sweetly scented. Fruit almost round, fleshy, c. 8 mm in diameter, crowned with the remains of the calyx, hairy when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pavettoides: resembling a species of Pavetta ("Brides-bush"), another genus in Rubiaceae. |
| Habitat: | Along the margins and in the understorey of evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,MS,GI |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 6 March 2009 |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 FZ 5(3) Pages 600 - 602. Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1046. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 105. Mapaura, A & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 74. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 288 - 289. as Tarenna pavettoides (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 499. |
Other sources of information about Tarenna pavettoides:
African Plant Database: Tarenna pavettoidesBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Tarenna pavettoides
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tarenna pavettoides
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tarenna pavettoides
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tarenna pavettoides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tarenna pavettoides
JSTOR Plant Science: Tarenna pavettoides
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tarenna pavettoides
Tropicos: Tarenna pavettoides
West African Plants database: Tarenna pavettoides
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