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Synonyms: |
Thespesiopsis mossambicensis Exell & Hillc. |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Locally frequent |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub or small tree up to 6 m tall; branchlets greyish-brown, appressed woolly when young. Leaves suborbicular or broadly ovate, 2–8·5 cm long and wide, 5-7-veined from a usually cordate base, sparsely woolly or hairless above, appressed-stellate woolly beneath, becoming hairless; margin entire; petiole 1–6 cm long, woolly. Flowers in 1-3-flowered clusters, c. 4·5 cm in diameter, yellow, turning reddish with age, stellate-pubescent outside; pedicels 5–8 mm long, woolly. Epicalyx of 3 linear bracts c. 2·5 mm long. Calyx cup-shaped, 8–10 mm long, with 5 minute teeth. Fruit depressed-globose, 12 mm long and 15 mm wide, red, hairless. |
Type location: |
Mozambique |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | mossambicensis: of Mozambique. |
Habitat: | Wooded coastal vegetation. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 100 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | Only known from northeastern Mozambique. |
National distribution: | N |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | Endemic |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Monday 6 January 2020 |
Literature: |
Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J. (2020). A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-019-09598-5. Brittonia. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 565. (Includes a picture). 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 85. As Thespesiopsis mossambicensis Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 90. Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 423 - 424. As Thespesiopsis mossambicensis (Includes a picture). |
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