Bivinia jalbertii Tul.

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5, Hervey Close, Belvedere, Harare

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Synonyms:	Calantica jalbertii (Tul.) Warb.
Common names:	Cobweb seed (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Tree, to 20 m with a straight erect trunk; branchlets lenticellate. Leaves ovate to broadly elliptic; apex long-acuminate; margin crenate-dentate; petiole reddish. Flowers in dense, ± erect, cylindric, axillary racemes. Stamens in fascicles alternating with the sepals. Petals 0. Fruit a spherical capsule. Seeds with long white cottony hairs.
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Habitat:	On rocky hills in the mist-belt
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique; also in Madagascar.
Mozambique distribution:	N,MS
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 29 January 2008
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 646. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 261. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 165. 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 52. Under Flacourtiaceae Wild, H. (1960). Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 296 - 297. (Includes a picture).

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