Faurea rochetiana
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Cleveland Dam
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Higher slopes of Castle Beacon, Vumba Mts
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Higher slopes of Castle Beacon, Vumba Mts
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Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale
1992
Drawing Doreen Bolnick
Habit
Wooded grassland
Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka
Mar 2021
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Inflorescence
Wooded grassland
Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka
Mar 2021
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Leaves
Wooded grassland
Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka
Mar 2021
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Roadside South of Chowo Forest, Nyika National Park
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Roadside South of Chowo Forest, Nyika National Park
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Roadside South of Chowo Forest, Nyika National Park
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Roadside South of Chowo Forest, Nyika National Park
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Roadside South of Chowo Forest, Nyika National Park
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Thazima Gate, Nyika National Park
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Thazima Gate, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Faurea speciosa (Welw.) Welw. |
| Common names: | Broad-leaved beechwood (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small deciduous tree. Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate, very hairy when young, becoming hairless on the upper surface with age. Flowers in large cream spikes, which turn hairy and brush-like when fruiting. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | rochetiana: named after Rochet d'Hèricourt, French botanist and collector in Ethiopia during the mid-nineteenth century. |
| Habitat: | In woodland and hilly grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Northern Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,T,MS |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 24 May 2009 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 229. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 99. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 27. Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 51 - 53. Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 363 - 366. as Faurea speciosa (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 6. as Faurea speciosa 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 69. Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 162 - 163. (Includes a picture). Mendes, E.J. (1978). Haloragaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 161. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 215. Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 54 - 55. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 6. as Faurea speciosa Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 155. Troupin, G. (1978). Proteaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Pages 168 - 170. as subsp. speciosa |
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