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Hagenia abyssinica
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Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Banksia abyssinica Bruce Brayera anthelmintica Kunth ex Brayer Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F. Gmel. var. viridifolia Haumann |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Large tree with a broad rounded crown; bark reddish-brown, fissured and flaking; branches densely hairy with orange-brown hairs up to 4 mm long, ringed by the scars of old sheathing leaf-bases. Leaves imparipinnate, up to 40 cm long; leaflets 5-8 on each side, sub-opposite, narrowly oblong, 12-15 cm long, more or less hairless above, often densely silvery hairy beneath; margin finely toothed;main leaflet pairs alternating with small, reduced, subcircular ones; petiole up to 15 cm long, sheathing the branches at the base, set with soft hairs up to 4 mm long. Stipules up to 9 mm long, membranous, reddish to brown. Flowers mostly unisexual on different trees in large terminal, much-branched drooping inflorescences up to 60 cm long. Female inflorescences bulkier than male with flowers red, up to 1.5 cm long, sticky. Male flowers c. 8 mm in diameter, orange-buff or white. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | abyssinica: of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) |
| Habitat: | In montane forest, woodland and scrub. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1950 - 2350 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| National distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 5 September 2018 |
| 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 237. (Includes a picture). 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. Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 298. (Includes a picture). Mendes, E.J. (1978). Rosaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 21 - 22. (Includes a picture). |
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