Craterispermum schweinfurthii Hiern

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Levasflor, Mozambique

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Stream crossing at boundary with Coutada 10, Coutada 12

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Along track to Mpawe Village, Coutada 12, Cheringoma

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Chikukwa area, lower Chimaimani Mts.

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Synonyms:	Craterispermum laurinum sensu Dowsett-Lemaire, Bull. Jard Bot. Nat. Belg 59: 21 (1989) Craterispermum reticulatum De Wild.
Common names:	Porridge-stick (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Hairless shrub or tree up to 15 m tall but usually smaller. Leaves elliptic, oblong or obovate, 7-18 cm long, yellow-green, smooth but with fine net-veining visible against the light. Inflorescences supra-axillary, compact, several flowered. Peduncle stout, flattened, thickened above. Calyx tube 0.7-1.5 mm. Corolla white, sweet-scented. Fruit 5-6 mm long, sessile, dark purple when ripe.
Type location:	Sudan
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	schweinfurthii: after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), German botanical collector and taxonomist.
Habitat:	In dry evergreen forest and mist forest; sometimes on termite mounds or in riverine fringes in tall miombo woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	60 - 1770 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Nigeria, Cameroun, Central and East Africa, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique.
FZ divisions:	N,Z,MS
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Images last updated:	Saturday 28 April 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 915. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 21. As Craterispermum laurinum Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 277. 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 71. Pauwels, L. (1993). Nzayilu N'ti Guide des arbres et arbustes de la region de Kinshasa - Brazzaville Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles Page 193. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 162. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 75. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 54 - 55. (Includes a picture).

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