Carpolobia alba
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Village Yaombole, downstream from Yaekela, Congo River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Village Yaombole, downstream from Yaekela, Congo River
Photo: Bart Wursten
Village Yaombole, downstream from Yaekela, Congo River
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Carpolobia alba G. Don var. parvifolia Oliv. Carpolobia delvauxii E.M.A.Petit Carpolobia glabrescens Hutch. & Dalziel Carpolobia parvifolia (Oliv.) Stapf |
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| Status: | Native |
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For description see World Flora Online |
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| Habitat: | In understorey of forest. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Cabinda and Angola. |
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| Images last updated: | Friday 2 May 2025 |
| Literature: |
Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 210. Petit, E. (1958). Polygalaceae Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Volume VII Pages 282 - 283. as Carpolobia glabrescens and C. delvauxii (Includes a picture). |
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