Fadogia ancylantha Schweinf.
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Greystone Park NR
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Vumba Rd near Inn on the Vumba
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Tingwa River, near Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
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Path from carpark to Inyangombe Falls
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Path from carpark to Inyangombe Falls
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Lusaka SE 13km., Protea Hill Farm.
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Lusaka SE 13km., Protea Hill Farm.
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By path from Kopje Tops to Tingwa Raphia Palm Botanical Reserve, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area
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Synonyms:
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Fadogia obovata N.E. Br. Temnocalyx obovatus (N.E. Br.) Robyns
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Common names:
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Makoni tea bush (English)
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Frequency:
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Common |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Suffrutex, 0.5-1.8 m, from a woody rootstock. Stems yellowish, often woody, with branches in whorls of 3. Leaves usually in whorls of 3. Corolla: tube 17-28 mm, usually curved, greenish-yellow; lobes triangular. Fruit c.12 mm in diameter, spherical. |
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Habitat:
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In woodland and wooded grassland, often on termite mounds. |
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850 - 1680 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Zambia, D. R. Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe; northward to Nigeria and S. Sudan |
Mozambique distribution:
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N,Z,T |
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Literature:
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Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Page 280.
Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 27.
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 72.
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 162.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-21
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2021).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Fadogia ancylantha. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=156110, retrieved 1 March 2021
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