Rhabdophyllum welwitschii
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Riverine forest;
Zambezi rapids; Nov 2006.
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Ouratea welwitschii (Tiegh.) Exell |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Leaves with lateral nerves and veins crowded together, parallel, only occasionally branching, not or scarcely differentiated in size, not reticulate. Inflorescences in axils of deciduous scale-leaves at base of current growth. |
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Angola |
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| Habitat: | Fringing forest and dry-evergreen forest. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zambia and Angola. |
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| Literature: |
Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 258 - 260. As Ouratea welwitschii (Includes a picture). Troupin, G. (1978). Ochnaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 293. |
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