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Manihot glaziovii
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
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Zomba Community.
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| Common names: | Ceará rubber (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Completely hairless small tree with pale grey, smooth bark, often somewhat papery and peeling purplish-brown. Milky sap present. Leaves 3-5-lobed or rarely simple, 10-28 cm wide, more or less cordate at the base, dark bluish-green above,paler beneath; net-veining transparant against the light; petiole 7-13.5 cm long. Iflorescence branched, 2-15 cm long. Flowers unisexual with male and female flowers in the same inflorescence, greenish-white and mauve-tinged or pale yellow with reddish markings. Fruit globose, c. 2 cm in diameter, smooth but becoming tuberculate on drying. |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | Widely cultivated in the tropics as a rubber plant or ornamental and occasionally naturalized. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to eastern Brazil. |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 461. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 49. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 246 - 247. |
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Flora of Mozambique: Manihot glaziovii
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Manihot glaziovii
Flora of Zambia: Manihot glaziovii
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Manihot glaziovii
Flora of Zimbabwe: Manihot glaziovii
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Manihot glaziovii
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Manihot glazioviiBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Manihot glaziovii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Manihot glaziovii
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Manihot glaziovii
JSTOR Plant Science: Manihot glaziovii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Manihot glaziovii
Plants of the World Online: Manihot glaziovii
Tropicos: Manihot glaziovii
Wikipedia: Manihot glaziovii
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