Buchnerodendron lasiocalyx (Oliv.) Gilg

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Pemba Town, Cabo Delgado.

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Namacubi Forest, Quiterajo

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Synonyms:	Oncoba lasiocalyx Oliv.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Small shrub usually less than 1.5 m tall with stiffly erect branches. Leaves broadly ovate-oblong to obovate, 5-17 cm long, hairy on both surfaces, cordate at the base, midrib and veins very prominent beneath; margin serrate; petiole up to 7 cm long, golden hairy. Stipules linear-lanceolate, c. 1cm long, yellowish-hairy. Flowers in 3-8-flowered axillary heads, bisexual, white. Petals 8-12, obovate-oblong, c. 2 cm long, hairy on the back; margins wavy. Stamens very numerous. Fruit a globose capsule up to 4.5 cm in diameter, covered in spiny bristles up to 2 cm long, splitting into 3 valves. Seeds with a dark brown aril.
Type location:	Tanzania
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Habitat:	Usually in shady places in dense woodland or evergreen scrub.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 450 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania and Mozambique.
FZ divisions:	N,Z
Growth form(s):	Shrub under 2 m.
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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 632. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1960). Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 267 - 268. (Includes a picture).

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