Sericanthe suffruticosa (Hutch.) Robbr.

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Synonyms: Neorosea suffruticosa (Hutch.) N.Hallé
Tricalysia pachystigma K.Schum. var. praecox K.Schum.
Tricalysia suffruticosa Hutch.
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Status: Native
Description:
For descriptions see World Flora Online
Type location:
Zambia, Solwezi
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: suffruticosa: growing as a suffrutex.
Habitat: In Brachystegia-Cryptosepalum woodland on Kalahari sand, plateau miombo and sometimes on margins of dambos.
Altitude range: (metres) 1000 - 1450 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: DR Congo, Zambia and Angola.
Botanical divisions: XI
Growth form(s): Shrub under 2 m.
Endemic status: Near Endemic
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Literature:

Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 514 - 515.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 92.

Robbrecht, E. (1978). Sericanthe, a new African genus of Rubiaceae Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 48(1/2) Pages 60 - 63.

White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 423. as Tricalysia suffruticosa


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The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Sericanthe suffruticosa.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=203030, retrieved 17 October 2025

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