Heisteria parvifolia Sm.

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Heisteria parvifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Just downstream from Yamfira, Lomami River

Heisteria parvifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Just downstream from Yamfira, Lomami River

Heisteria parvifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Just downstream from Yamfira, Lomami River

Heisteria parvifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Just downstream from Yamfira, Lomami River

Heisteria parvifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Just downstream from Yamfira, Lomami River

Heisteria parvifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Yaekela

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Synonyms: Acrolobus parvifolia Klotzsch
Acrolobus schoenleinii Klotzsch
Phanerocalyx batesii S.Moore
Phanerocalyx talbotiorum S.Moore
Rhaptostylum parvifolium (Sm.) Kuntze
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Status: Native
Description:
For description see World Flora Online
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Notes:
Derivation of specific name: parvifolia: with small leaves.
Habitat: In understorey of evergreen forest both on dry ground as well as in seasonally inundated forest.
Altitude range: (metres)
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Worldwide distribution: In West and Central Tropical Africa as far as western Uganda and northern Angola.
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Images last updated: Tuesday 6 May 2025
Literature:

Louis, J. & Leonard, J. (1948). Olacaceae Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Volume I Pages 254 - 255.


Other sources of information about Heisteria parvifolia:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Heisteria parvifolia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Heisteria parvifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Heisteria parvifolia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Heisteria parvifolia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Heisteria parvifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Heisteria parvifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Heisteria parvifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Heisteria parvifolia
Plants of the World Online: Heisteria parvifolia
Tropicos: Heisteria parvifolia
Wikipedia: Heisteria parvifolia


Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-25

The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Species information: Heisteria parvifolia.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=252190, retrieved 1 June 2025

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