Treculia africana Decne.
subsp. africana
var. africana
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Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected from the Ntumbachusi Falls, Kawambwa District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected from the Ntumbachusi Falls, Kawambwa District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected from the Ntumbachusi Falls, Kawambwa District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected from the Ntumbachusi Falls, Kawambwa District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected from the Ntumbachusi Falls, Kawambwa District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected from the Ntumbachusi Falls, Kawambwa District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Ntumbachusi falls, Kawambwa District.
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Warren McCleland
14 km north-west of Nkhotakota
Photo: Warren McCleland
14 km north-west of Nkhotakota
Photo: Warren McCleland
14 km north-west of Nkhotakota
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Tree up to 30 m., evergreen, with milky latex. Bole fluted, bark smooth, grey-brown. Leaves alternate, lamina oblong-lanceolate, base slightly asymmetric. Male flowers cover the surface of golf ball sized inflorescences; the female inflorescence is up to about 15 cm in diameter; the mature infructescence is about the size of a football. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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africana: African |
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Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
Worldwide distribution:
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From Senegal and Southern Sudan to Mozambique, Malawi and northern Angola. |
Mozambique distribution:
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N,Z,M |
Growth form(s):
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Tree.
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Insects associated with this species:
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Cyrestis camillus sublineata (Larval foodplant)
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Spot characters:
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Literature:
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Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 22 - 24. (Includes a picture).
Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 346 - 350. (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 74. As Treculia africana subsp. africana (Includes a picture).
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 124 - 125.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=184170, retrieved 20 April 2024
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