| Synonyms: |
Hunteria pycnantha K. Schum. Pleiocarpa swynnertonii S. Moore |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small to large tree. Bark smooth when young, becoming roughish and cracked, often flaking in older specimens; branchlets with lenticels, hairless; rubbery milky latex present. Leaves in whorls of 3, rarely 4, elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 13 × 5 cm, leathery, yellowish-green above, paler below, hairless, lateral veins parallel and looping to form a sub-marginal vein; margin entire,wavy; petiole short, winged by the decurrent leaf base. Flowers in axillary clusters on old and new wood, white, fading to creamy-yellow, strongly fragrant. Fruit in paired round mericarps, up to 2 cm in diameter, wrinkled, yellow-orange to red when ripe. |
| Type location: |
Uganda |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | In evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa |
| FZ divisions: | Z,MS,GI |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H. (2021). Apocynaceae, sous-familes I. Apocynoideae et II. Rauvolfioideae Flore d' Afrique Centrale Jardin botanique de Meise Pages 31 - 34. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 800. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 44. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 950. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 26. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 269. As Pleiocarpa pycnantha pycnantha Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 150 - 151. (Includes a picture). Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 432 - 434. (Includes a picture). 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 19. Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 258. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 53. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 26. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 350. |