Uvaria angolensis Oliv.

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Uvaria angolensis

Katanga Province, DRC
Oct 2006
Photo: Jos Stevens

Uvaria angolensis

Katanga Province, DRC
Nov 2006
Photo: Jos Stevens

Uvaria angolensis

Katanga Province, DRC
Jan 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens

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Synonyms: Uva angolensis (Welw. ex Oliv.) Kuntze
Uvaria angolensis Oliv. subsp. guineense Keay
Uvaria bukobensis Engl.
Uvaria variabilis De Wild.
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Status: Native
Description:
Type location:
Angola
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: angolensis: of Angola, where the type specimen was collected.
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Worldwide distribution: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.
Botanical divisions: VI,VIII,IX,XI
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Literature:

Boutique, R. (1951). Annonaceae Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Volume II Pages 295 - 296.

Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 290. (Includes a picture).

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 49.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 23. As Uvaria angolensis angolensis

Robson, N.K.B. (1960). Annonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 107 - 108. As Uvaria angolensis angolensis

Troupin, G. (1978). Annonaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 259.

White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 53.


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The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Uvaria angolensis.
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