Pycnanthus angolensis
schweinfurthii
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In gallery forest;
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; Sep 2007.
Photo: Jos Stevens
In gallery forest;
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; Sep 2007.
Photo: Jos Stevens
In gallery forest;
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; Sep 2007.
Photo: Jos Stevens
In gallery forest;
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; Sep 2007.
Photo: Jos Stevens
In gallery forest;
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; Jan 2008.
Photo: Jos Stevens
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| Synonyms: |
Pycnanthus schweinfurthii Warb. |
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Dioecious evergreen tree to 22 m; sap copious, yellow, turning dark red on exposure to air. Young branchlets with reddish-brown stellate tomentum. Leaves 7-20 × 4-11 cm, dark green above, glaucous and densely glandular-punctate beneath, oblong to oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, cordate at the base; apex long-acuminate; glabrous or with scattered dark brown stellate hairs beneath; lateral nerves 15-20, prominent beneath. Petiole 7-14 mm, dark brown stellate-tomentose. Inflorescences usually borne on 2- or 3-year old branches below the leaves, 10-15 cm long, paniculate with densely rusty-tomentose branches. Flowers unisexual, scented. Male flowers: perianth 1 mm long, deeply 3-lobed. Female flowers: perianth lobes broadly ovate. Fruiting inflorescence pendulous. Fruits clustered, 3-4 × 2-3 cm, ellipsoid to oblong or pear-shaped, splitting vertically into 2 halves, yellowish-orange when ripe. Seed 1, dark brown, with a fleshy, laciniate, red or pink, aril. |
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DRC |
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| Derivation of specific name: | angolensis: from Angola |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, DRC and Zambia |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Pope, G.V. (1997). Myristicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2) Pages 38 - 40. (Includes a picture). |
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