Anchomanes abbreviatus Engl.
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Photo: Ton Rulkens
Near Xitaxa, Muidumbe District, Cabo Delgado.
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt Yocola, Ancuabe District, Cabo Delgado
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt Yocola, Ancuabe District, Cabo Delgado
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mt Yocola, Ancuabe District, Cabo Degado.
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Local and uncommon |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Robust perennial herb, growing from a vertical, subcylindric to globose tuber, up to 5 cm in diameter. Leaf solitary with an erect petiole 1-2 m tall, rarely taller, covered with creamish elongated spots and greenish-cream downward pointing prickles; leafblade 1.2-1.8 m wide, dark glossy green, trisect when mature; primary divisions divideddichotomously or pinnately; secondary divisions irregularly pinnatifid; ultimate segments apically truncate or bifid. Inflorescence on a peduncle 30-90 cm long, armed with prickles. Spathe c. 9 × 2 cm, broadly ovate. Spadix up to 5 × 1 cm, cylindric, much shorter than the Spathe. Male zone and female zone each covering about half the length of the spadix; male flowers much smaller than female flowers. Berries c. 2.7 × 1.6 cm, ellipsoid. |
Notes:
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The image of the plant in habit is of an exceptionally tall specimen. |
Derivation of specific name:
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abbreviatus: shortened |
Habitat:
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Understorey of dense deciduous forest and Brachystegia woodland. |
Altitude range: |
Up to 400 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Kenya, Tanzania and northern Mozambique. |
Mozambique distribution:
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Saturday 15 December 2012 |
Literature:
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Haigh, A. & Boyce, P. (2012). Araceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(1) Pages 30 - 31. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Anchomanes abbreviatus. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=191130, retrieved 30 March 2023
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