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Maranthes floribunda
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Lusaka 1976; Patricia Bingham
Drawing showing characteristics forMaranthes
Lusaka 1976; Patricia Bingham
Drawing showing characteristics forMaranthes
Lusaka 1976; Patricia Bingham
North Luangwa NP Mano Camp; Aug 2009.
Photo: Mike Bingham
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Maranthes polyandra subsp. floribunda (Baker) Prance Parinari floribunda Baker Parinari polyandra subsp. floribunda (Baker) R.A. Graham |
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Small to medium sized tree, evergreen. Leaves coriaceous, brittle, the upper surface with a purple sheen when dry. |
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Malawi |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Angola, Katanga province of D.R. Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi. |
| National distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 239. As Maranthes polyandra floribunda Fanshawe, D.B. (). District vegetation reports Division of Forest Research, Kitwe (roneo). Fanshawe, D.B. (1971). The Vegetation of Zambia. Division of Forest Research, Kitwe. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. White, F. (1976). The taxonomy, ecology and chorology of African Chrysobalanaceae (excluding Acioa) Bulletin du Jardin Botanique national de Belgique 46(3/4) Pages 297 - 299. White, F. (1978). Chrysobalanaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 41 - 43. (Includes a picture). White, F. (1983). The Vegetation of Africa. A descriptive memoir. UNESCO, Paris |
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