Uvariastrum hexaloboides
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Kabompo Gorge, Kanyikezhi; Dec 2009.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kabompo Gorge, Kanyikezhi; Dec 2009.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kabompo Gorge, Kanyikezhi; Dec 2009.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kitwe, Greystone Park. ; Oct 1978.
Photo: Mike Bingham
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Small tree, evergreen, 3.5‒13 m. tall; bark deeply fissured, flaking; young branches densely rusty pubescent; flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary, on both young and old branches; sepals densely brown-sericeous on both surfaces; petals cream, the outer whorl valvate, the inner imbricate in bud; fruiting carpels numerous, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, yellow becoming blackish-purple, edible. |
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Zambia |
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| Derivation of specific name: | hexaloboides : resembling Hexalobus |
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| Flowering time: | Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | D.R.Congo, Katanga Province. |
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| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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| Literature: |
Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 Robson, N.K.B. (1960). Annonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 113 - 114. (Includes a picture). Storrs, A.E.G. (1995). Know Your Trees Regional Soil Conservation Unit. Pages 307 - 308. (Includes a picture). White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 53. |
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