Lovoa swynnertonii Baker f.

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Brown mahogany (English) Miniature wooden-banana (English)
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Description:	Large evergreen tree. Leaves with leaflets in 5-8 pairs; leaflets up to 10 × 4 cm, oblong-elliptic. slightly curved backwards, glossy above; apex shortly and bluntly acuminate. Petals 2.5-3.5 mm, hooded, white. Capsule up to 5.5 × 2 cm, separating from the apex.
Type location:	Chirinda Forest, Zimbabwe
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Derivation of specific name:	swynnertonii: named after Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938), well-known naturalist, who first recorded and collected many species of flora and fauna in and around the Chirinda Forest
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Flowering time:	Dec-Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Cameroun, Uganda south to South Tropical Africa.
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Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 382. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 249. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 166. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 62. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 33. (Includes a picture). White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1963). Meliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 293 - 294. (Includes a picture).

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