Tetracera boiviniana
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Photo: Judd Welwitch
Near Vontade, NE of Quelimane
Photo: Judd Welwitch
Near Vontade, NE of Quelimane
Photo: Warren McCleland
Quiterajo, Cabo Delgado Province
Photo: Warren McCleland
Quiterajo, Cabo Delgado Province
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree up to c. 5 m tall with a rather gnarled and crooked stem; bark dark grey, rough and vertically fissured. Leaves alternate, elliptic to obovate, up to 13 cm long, rounded at the apex tapering at the base; upper surface rough, sparsely hairy; veins distinctly sunken; more densely hairy with raised veins beneath; margin sharply serrate; petiole up to 15 mm long, hairy. Inflorescences in few-flowered clusters, terminal and in the upper leaf axils. Petals 4, white; stamens yellow, numerous. Fruit consisting of 4 red carpels, held in the remains of the calyx, thinly hairy, spine-tipped. |
| Type location: |
Zanzibar |
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| Derivation of specific name: | boiviniana: after Louis-Hyacinthe Boivin (1808-1852), French botanist and plant collector in East Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. |
| Habitat: | In coastal woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 20 - 200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 24 June 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 627. (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 52. Wild, H. (1960). Dilleniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 103 - 105. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tetracera boivinianaAfrican Plant Database: Tetracera boiviniana
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