Gonatopus clavatus
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Photo: Tomas Buruwate
Murrebue, Mecufi district, Cabo Delgado.
Photo: Tomas Buruwate
Murrebue, Mecufi district, Cabo Delgado.
Photo: Tomas Buruwate
Murrebue, Mecufi district, Cabo Delgado.
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| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust herb growing from a subglobose or turnip-shaped tuber. Leaves up to 1.2 m tall, divided 3 times with primary divisions up to 60 cm wide, hairless; ultimate leaflets, elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 13 cm long; petiole 20-52 cm long, green tinged purplish and with greenish-white spots; pulvinus swelling near the base hidden by cataphylls, reddish to deep wine-red within. Inflorescence solitary, mostly before the leaves; peduncle 3-25 cm long, hairless or pubescent. Spathe 7.5-12 cm long; tub subglobose, constricted apically; limb broadly oblong-elliptic, up to 9.5 cm long, reflexed at maturity, green with a purple tinge or reddish-brown. Spadix 4-5-12 cm long; female zone more or less cylindric; male zone clavate, up to 9.5 cm long, creamy-yellow. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | clavatus: clavate or club-shaped, referring to the male part of the spadix. |
| Habitat: | In open Brachystegia woodland, disturbed woodland and at margins of streams |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 50 - 500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 9 January 2019 |
| Literature: |
Haigh, A. & Boyce, P. (2012). Araceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(1) Pages 26 - 27. (Includes a picture). Mayo, S.J. (1985). Araceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 11 - 13. (Includes a picture). |
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