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Sterculia quinqueloba
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Msorodoni Farm, rd to Mtoroshanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Msorodoni Farm, rd to Mtoroshanga
Photo: Bart Wursten
Msorodoni Farm, rd to Mtoroshanga
Photo: Mark Hyde
25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Cola quinqueloba Garcke Sterculia livingstoniana Engl. ? |
| Common names: | Large-leaved star-chestnut (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Medium-sized deciduous tree. Bark smooth cream to pinkish brown, flaking. Leaves crowded near the ends of branches, large, 5-lobed. Flowers yellow, in branched terminal heads, unisexual, both sexes on the same inflorescence. Fruit consisting of 5 separate carpels, covered in golden velvet hairs. The carpels split to show black seeds attached to the rim amidst irritant hairs. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | quinqueloba: with five lobes |
| Habitat: | In woodland and on rocky hillsides and kopjes. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1590 m |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | D.R. Congo, Katanga, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| 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 595. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 216. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 419 - 422. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 260. Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 142 - 143. (Includes a picture). Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 75. Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 80 - 81. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 50. Storrs, A.E.G. (1995). Know Your Trees Regional Soil Conservation Unit. Pages 99 - 100. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 179. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 236 - 237. (Includes a picture). White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 246. Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 555 - 556. (Includes a picture). |
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