Leea guineensis G. Don

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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree, often somewhat scandent, with soft-wooded, hairless branches. Leaves compound, mostly 2-pinnate, sometimes 3-pinnate at the base; rhachis with reddish swellings at the insertion of the pinnae; pinnae up to 5, imparipinnate mostly with 3-5 leaflets; leaflets elliptic, pointed at the apex, 4-20 cm long, hairless or pubescent on the veins beneath, somewhat discolorous; margin toothed; petiole c. 12 cm long. Inflorescences usually 2-branched up to 20 cm in diameter; branches reddish. Flowers globose in bud, 2-5 mm in diameter, red outside, orange or yellowish inside. Fruit up to 8 mm in diameter, hairless with a persistent calyx, red turning black when ripe.
Type location:	Guinea
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Derivation of specific name:	guineensis: of Guinea, referring to West Africa in general.
Habitat:	In swamp forest and along forest margins, often as a secondary pioneer in clearings.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical Africa and Southeast Asia.
Botanical divisions:	I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,XI
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Images last updated:	Monday 30 September 2024
Literature:	Dewit, J. (1960). Leeaceae Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Volume IX Pages 569 - 571. Under Leeaceae (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 242. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 71. Under Leeaceae Wild, H. (1966). Leeaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 494 - 495. Under Leeaceae (Includes a picture).

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