Bersama abyssinica Fresen.[Agg]

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Picture: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Westaway

Picture: Bart Wursten
Jill Wylie Nature Reserve

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Status:	Native
Description:	Medium-sized evergreen tree. Leaves pinnate with 5 - 10 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet. The central rhachis is distinctly winged. The leaflet margins may be entire or toothed. Flowers in spike-like inflorescences, greenish to cream. Fruit a velvety spherical capsule, splitting into 4 valves, revealing bright red seeds.
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Notes:	This record covers all subspecies combined.
Derivation of specific name:	abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Habitat:	Along streams, in wooded ravines and at the margins of evergreen forest.
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Flowering time:	Nov - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also Angola, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	N,Mc,C,W
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Insects associated with this species:	Anthene definita definita (Larval foodplant)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 28. White, F. (1966). Melianthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 545 - 547. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 95.

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