Hugonia orientalis Engl.

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By entrance at Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge.

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Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo

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Synonyms:	Hugonia busseana Engl. Hugonia swynnertonii De Wild. Hugonia trigyna Summerh.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Scrambling shrub or small tree; bark yellowish to brown, corky; strong, woody, curving paired tendrils often present. Leaves mostly clustered on short spur-branchlets, elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, mostly 5-7 cm, occasionally longer, midrib and lateral veins prominent below; margin entire or toothed. Flowers mostly solitary, axillary, yellow, c. 2 cm in diameter, sweetly scented. Fruit pendulous, ovoid, fleshy, 1.5 cm long, yellow to orange.
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Derivation of specific name:	orientalis: oriental, eastern
Habitat:	On sandy soils in hot dry evergreen forest, woodland and thickets, often along rivers.
Altitude range:	Up to 600 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Southern Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	C,E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Lp,E,Lk
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Insects associated with this species:	Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron (Food plant)
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Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 96. (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. Pages 341 - 342. Also as Hugonia busseana (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 248. 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 58. Also as Hugonia busseana Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Linaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 93 - 95. Also as Hugonia busseana (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 116.

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