Eriocoelum lawtonii Exell

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Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; May 2008.
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Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; Jan 2008.
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Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; Sep 2009.
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Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; May 2008.
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Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; Oct 2007.
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Synonyms:	Eriocoelum kerstingii Gilg ex Engl. var. katangense Hauman
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Status:	Native
Description:	Tree or shrub 8–18(–30) tall; bark grey-brown; foliage appearing dark; young stems, petioles, inflorescences etc. covered with dense ferruginous or golden brown hairs. Leaves with 2–3 pairs of opposite or subopposite leaflets, the lowest pair stipuliform, often soon deciduous but leaving scars; leaflet-blades oblong, oblong-elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, 2–20 cm. long, 1.5–8.6 cm. wide, subacute, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate and often unequal or ± rounded at the base, ± glabrous above, ± pilose or pubescent on the venation beneath or eventually glabrous. Panicles large, ± divided from the base, 8–12(–20) cm. long, 10–15 cm. wide, with primary branches up to 8 cm. long; pedicels 4 mm. long; all axes densely ferruginous pubescent. Flowers ± 4 mm. wide; sepals oblong, 1.5 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, pubescent on both faces; petals white, linear-lanceolate, 2.5 mm. long, scales very hairy, scarcely as wide as the limb; disk 1 mm. tall. Stamens 4 mm. long; staminodes 2 mm. long. Ovary globose, 2.5 mm. diameter, densely ferruginous pubescent; style 3 mm. long; rudimentary ovary reduced to few hairs. Fruit light brown, yellow or red, depressed globose, ± woody, 1.8–3 cm. diameter, at first hairy, eventually smooth and glabrous; valves 2–2.5 cm. wide, 2.5–3 mm. thick, woolly at base inside. Seeds 3, black, 1.25 cm. long, shiny with red arillode.(Description JSTOR)
Type location:	Zambia
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Habitat:	Riverine forest
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Worldwide distribution:	Zambia and Katanga, DRC.
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Literature:	Exell, A.W. (1966). Sapindaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 518 - 519. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 95. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 225. as Eriocoelum sp. 1.

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