Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan

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Nhandar River below Nhancuco, lower slopes of Mt Gorongosa.

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Mpunga Camp, Moribane Forest

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Leaflet, fruit
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Flower
Ntumbachusi falls
Sep 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham

Flower; Lumangwe falls; Sep 2008.
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Fruit
Ntumbachusi falls
Sep 2008
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Near forest track, Moribane Forest

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Chimokono area near Moribane forest, by path along Musuma river, above the waterfall

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Near Nhago Camp, Coutada 12.

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Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma

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Synonyms:	Erythrophleum guineense G. Don
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Status:	Native
Description:	Medium to large tree to 20 m. Bark rough and blackish. Leaves 2-pinnate with 2-3 pairs of pinnae; leaflets 7-13 per pinna, large, alternate, ovate, up to 5 × 2.5 cm, glossy dark green. Flowers in fluffy spikes, cream to yellow. Fruit a hard, flat woody pod, splitting along one side while still on the tree.
Type location:	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
Notes:	Flora Zambesiaca has Erythrophleum lasianthum distinct from E. suaveolens, but notes that it shares characters of this species and E. africanum. South African botanists prefer to keep E. lasianthum. In the early 1970s I was shown a small stand of trees, long since turned into charcoal, in miombo woodland in the Misaka National Forest near Kitwe, which was typical E. africanum except for the leaflets, which were shaped like those of E. suaveolens, but with papery texture like E. africanum. It had been identified as E. guineense, now a synonym of E. suaveolens.
Derivation of specific name:	suaveolens: sweet-scented
Habitat:	Gallery forest, dry evergreen forest.
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Flowering time:	Aug - Nov
Worldwide distribution:
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,W,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,Lp,N,C
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Wednesday 26 June 2013
Literature:	Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 205 - 207. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 256. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 213. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 242. 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 44. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 91. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 73. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93.

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