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Tricalysia niamniamensis
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| Synonyms: |
Tricalysia angolensis sensu R.B. Drumm. non A. Rich. |
| Common names: | Scaly-bark jackal-coffee (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Deciduous shrub or small tree. Bark pale brown, often slightly scaling; branches often with knobbly leaf scars, velvety when young. Leaves opposite, ovate, elliptic to obovate, up to 9 × 4 cm, pale green, usually covered with short soft hairs, sometimes only hairy on the midrib; hair-tuft domatia present; petiole 1-6 mm, velvety. Flowers in tight c. 5-flowered heads along the branches, strongly scented, appearing before the leaves. Corolla greenish-white to cream, 1-1.5cm in diameter. Fruit almost round, c. 7 mm in diameter, crowned with the remains of the calyx, red when ripe. |
| Notes: | Note: the division of this species in varieties or subspecies by various authors is confusing to say the least. We therefore maintain here as an single aggregate species for the time being. |
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| Habitat: | Occurring in open woodland, most often on koppies and rocky hillsides |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Mozambique distribution: | T |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 27 June 2010 |
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Other sources of information about Tricalysia niamniamensis:
African Plant Database: Tricalysia niamniamensisBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Tricalysia niamniamensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tricalysia niamniamensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tricalysia niamniamensis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tricalysia niamniamensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tricalysia niamniamensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Tricalysia niamniamensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tricalysia niamniamensis
Tropicos: Tricalysia niamniamensis
West African Plants database: Tricalysia niamniamensis
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