Viridivia suberosa
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Musonda Falls
Nov 1992
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Chief Chitambo's
Aug 1988
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Kasanka National Park
Nov 1992
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Lake Mweru, Mwatishi River
Oct 1980
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| Status: | Native |
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Small tree to 8 m. tall. Older branches with longitudinally fissured corky bark; young branches with short, stiff golden-yellow or brown hairs. Flowers bisexual, appearing before leaves, in dense racemes at the end of short branches. Sepals 4, imbricate, sericeous outside, 3–7-nerved. Petals 4, smaller than the sepals, 1-nerved. Corona shortly tubular, irregularly fimbriate and with clavate whitish glands. Stamens 10-16, with filaments free and hairy; anthers oblong. Ovary globose, stipitate, 1-locular; styles 4–6 with fleshy ± kidney-shaped stigmas; ovules ± 50. Capsule subglobose, stipitate. Seeds ovoid, compressed, included in a cupulate aril. |
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Zambia |
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| Derivation of specific name: | suberosa: corky |
| Habitat: | Miombo woodland on rocky outcrops. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Katanga DR Congo and Tanzania. |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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| Literature: |
Fernandes, R. & A. (1978). Passifloraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 369 - 371. (Includes a picture). Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 147. (Includes a picture). |
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