Podranea brycei
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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
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Blue Kerry, Harare
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Blue Kerry, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Blue Kerry, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Blue Kerry, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Tecoma brycei N.E. Br. |
| Common names: | Zimbabwe creeper (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or climber up to 10 m. Leaves 13-27 cm with (2-) 4-7 pairs of leaflets plus a terminal leaflet. Leaflets narrowly ovate, long-acuminate. Pedicels 1-2 cm, articulated c.3.5 mm from the top, with 2 bracts towards the base. Calyx whitish; lobes 0.6-1.2 cm, apiculate. Corolla mauve-pink; tube 3.5-5 cm; glabrous outside, hairy within. Capsule 35-48 × 1.5 cm. Seeds 0.6-1 × 3 cm (including wings). |
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| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | Along margins of evergreen and riverine forest and in bushveld around the bases of granite kopjes. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | Apr - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | N,MS |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Oedicentra albipennis (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 13 October 2007 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 878. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 44. Diniz, M.A. (1988). Bignoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Pages 79 - 81. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273. 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 30. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 117, plate 156 & 157 Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 76. (Includes a picture). |
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