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Aleurites moluccana
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Edge of camp site, Chirinda Forest
Photo: Bart Wursten
Edge of camp site, Chirinda Forest
Photo: Bart Wursten
Edge of camp site, Chirinda Forest
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Chirinda Forest camp site
Photo: Mark Hyde
Amongst buildings, Outward Bound, Chimanimani
Photo: Mark Hyde
Amongst buildings, Outward Bound, Chimanimani
Photo: Mark Hyde
Amongst buildings, Outward Bound, Chimanimani
Photo: Mark Hyde
Amongst buildings, Outward Bound, Chimanimani
Photo: Mark Hyde
Amongst buildings, Outward Bound, Chimanimani
Photo: Mark Hyde
Amongst buildings, Outward Bound, Chimanimani
Photo: Mark Hyde
Grounds of Tanganda Training Centre, New Years Gift Estate
Photo: Mark Hyde
Grounds of Tanganda Training Centre, New Years Gift Estate
Photo: Mark Hyde
Grounds of Tanganda Training Centre, New Years Gift Estate
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| Synonyms: |
Jatropha moluccana L. |
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| Common names: | Candle-berry tree (English) Candlenut tree (English) Varnish tree (English) | |
| Description: | Tree up to 10 m tall. Young shoots, inflorescences and petioles brown-stellate-tomentose. Leaves ovate, 3-5-veined from the base, entire or up to 5-lobed with a pair of discoid sessile glands at the base of the lamina; petiole 6-22 cm long. Inflorescences broadly conical. Petals 6-8 mm, yellowish-white. Fruit up to 4 × 5.5 cm, shallowly 2-lobed and with 4 ridges. | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Asia from India and China to Polynesia and New Zealand | |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Micraphe lateritia (Larval foodplant) | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Image last updated: | Thursday 9 May 2019 | |
| Literature: |
Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 20. Drummond, R.B. & Mapaure, I. (1994). List of Flowering Plants and ferns [of Chirinda Forest] In Chirinda Forest - A Visitor Forestry Commission, Harare Page 141. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 200 - 202. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Aleurites moluccana
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aleurites moluccanaAfrican Plant Database: Aleurites moluccana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aleurites moluccana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aleurites moluccana
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aleurites moluccana
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aleurites moluccana
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