Manihot glaziovii
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
Katanga Province, DRC;
Nov 2007
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Katanga Province, DRC;
Nov 2007
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC;
Nov 2007
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC;
Feb 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
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| Common names: | Ceará rubber (English) |
| Description: | Completely hairless small tree with pale grey, smooth bark, often somewhat papery and peeling purplish-brown. Milky sap present. Leaves 3-5-lobed or rarely simple, 10-28 cm wide, more or less cordate at the base, dark bluish-green above,paler beneath; net-veining transparant against the light; petiole 7-13.5 cm long. Iflorescence branched, 2-15 cm long. Flowers unisexual with male and female flowers in the same inflorescence, greenish-white and mauve-tinged or pale yellow with reddish markings. Fruit globose, c. 2 cm in diameter, smooth but becoming tuberculate on drying. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to eastern Brazil. |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Saturday 21 March 2015 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 461. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 49. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 246 - 247. |
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