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Turraea nilotica
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Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Habit
Rocky wooded grassland by the shore of Lake Tanganyika
Nsumbu National Park
Jun 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Rocky wooded grassland by the shore of Lake Tanganyika
Nsumbu National Park
Jun 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Rocky wooded grassland by the shore of Lake Tanganyika
Nsumbu National Park
Jun 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Turraea randii Baker f. Turraea tubulifera C. DC. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Deciduous shrub or small tree. Leaves elliptic, entire, up to 10 × 16 cm, densely velvety hairy, particularly on the under surface. Flowers with a distinct staminal tube, greenish-white, turning yellow with age, appearing before the leaves in dense clusters on the young branches. Fruit a near-spherical, thinly woody capsule. See T. zambesica, which is confined to the Zambesi Valley. It can be distinguished by the smaller leaves being nearly glabrous. |
| Type location: |
Syntypes from Sudan |
| Notes: | In leaf it superficially resembles Vangueria infausta, another common species with which it frequently grows, but T. nilotica differs from that species in having alternate leaves. |
| Derivation of specific name: | nilotica: from the valley of the Nile |
| Habitat: | In miombo woodland, wooded grassland and on termite mounds |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Sudan and East Africa southwards to northern South Africa |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,Mc,E,Lk,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 23 August 2020 |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 97. (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 386. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 57. As Turraea nilotica nilotica Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. As Turraea nilotica nilotica Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 231 - 234. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 10. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 250. Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 104 - 105. (Includes a picture). 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 62. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 86. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 34. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 122. White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1963). Meliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 309 - 311. (Includes a picture). |
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