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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Semi-evergreen tree up to 35 m tall, the crown emerging above the surrounding forest; without or with slight buttresses at the base. Leaves glabrous, crowded at the ends of branches, pinnate, leaflets opposite. Capsule dark brown, cylindric, the valves dehiscing from the base of the capsule; seed attached to the valve by cottony threads, the wing free. |
| Type location: |
DRC, Katanga |
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| Flowering time: | Sep-Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Katanga Province of D.R. Congo, Tanzania and most of Zambia. |
| Botanical divisions: | V,IX,XI |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 84. Staner, P. & Gilbert, G. (1958). Meliaceae Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Volume VII Pages 181 - 182. Storrs, A.E.G. (1995). Know Your Trees Regional Soil Conservation Unit. Pages 151 - 152. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 180. White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1963). Meliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 291 - 292. (Includes a picture). |