Thecacoris trichogyne Müll.Arg.

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Thecacoris trichogyne

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Lilanda, DRCongo © National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Thecacoris trichogyne

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Downstream from Lieki, Lomami River, DRCongo © National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Thecacoris trichogyne

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lieki, Lomami River, DRCongo © National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Thecacoris trichogyne

Photo: Bart Wursten
Downstream fro Lieki, Lomami River, DRCongo © National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Thecacoris trichogyne

Photo: Bart Wursten
Downstream fro Mlieki, Lomami River, DRCongo © National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Thecacoris trichogyne

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lieki, Omami River, DRCongo © National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Thecacoris trichogyne

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lieki, Omami River, DRCongo © National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Thecacoris trichogyne

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lieki, Omami River, DRCongo © National Botanic Garden of Belgium

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Shrub or small tree. Bark smooth, pale grey. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2-21 cm long, thinly textured to slightly leathery, dark glossy green above, paler and duller green beneath, sparingly hairy on the margin and midrib and lateral veins beneath; margins entire but wavy; petiole 0.5-1 cm. Inflorescences unisexual on different trees; male spikes up to 4.5 cm long, pendulous; flowers creamy-greenish; petals often absent. Female racemes 6-17 cm long, extending to 25 cm in fruit; flowers yellowish, with pedicels 1-3 mm long, extending to 1.5 cm in fruit. Fruit depressed, rounded-3-lobed, 8-11 mm wide, sparingly appressed hairy, grey-green, sometimes pink-tinged.
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Worldwide distribution: Cameroon, DRC, Zambia and Angola.
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Literature:

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 51.

Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 111 - 113. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Species information: Thecacoris trichogyne.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=210450, retrieved 5 December 2024

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