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Ocotea kenyensis
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Forested slope below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
Photo: Bart Wursten
Forested slope below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa
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| Synonyms: |
Ocotea gardneri Hutch. & M.B. Moss Ocotea viridis Kosterm. Tylostemon kenyensis Chiov. |
| Common names: | Bastard stinkwood (English) Northern stinkwood (English) |
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| Description: |
Large evergreen tree. Bark brownish, roughish and scaling, cream when slashed, quickly turning blackish. Leaves aromatic, leathery, 8 - 20 cm, more or less broadly elliptic, glossy green above, somewhat paler and dull green below with 8-10 pairs of lateral veins, fine net-veining visible below; apex pointed; margin entire. Flowers in lax axillary heads, whitish to yellowish, fading to brownish. Fruit ovoid, acorn-like, up to 2 cm. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | kenyensis: of Kenya |
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| Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
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| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 195. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 141. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 214. Diniz, M.A. (1997). Lauraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2) Pages 58 - 59. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 19. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 165. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 57. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 115. |
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