Mezoneuron angolense Oliv.

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Dingue dingue road along Pungwe River, Gorongosa National Park.

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Synonyms:	Caesalpinia angolensis (Oliv.) Herend. & Zarucchi
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Status:	Native
Description:	Liane growing up to 14 m high. Stems armed with hooked prickles, becoming enlarged corky bosses on older stems. Leaves bipinnate up to 30 cm long, armed with hooked prickles, often in pairs, on rhachis and petiole; pinnae 4-10 pairs with each 6-8 pairs of elliptic-oblong leaflets, mostly hairless except on the midrib beneath. Flowers in terminal and lateral racemes, 5-40 cm long. Petals 7-9 mm long, almost round with a short claw, greenish-yellow to yellow. Pods elliptic-oblong, 6.5-14.5 cm long including a wing on the upper margin.
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Derivation of specific name:	angolense: of Angola, where the type specimen was collected.
Habitat:	In lowland rainforest, riverine and swamp forest and coastal evergreen bush.
Altitude range:	Up to 1450 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Liberia, Cameroon, Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS
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Content last updated:	Friday 1 November 2019
Literature:	Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 172 - 174. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 260. (Includes a picture). 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 60. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 52. as Caesalpinia angolensis

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