Faurea rochetiana (A. Rich.) Pic.Serm.

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Cleveland Dam

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Higher slopes of Castle Beacon, Vumba Mts

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Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale

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Synonyms:	Faurea speciosa (Welw.) Welw.
Common names:	Broad-leaved beechwood (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Small deciduous tree. Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate, very hairy when young, becoming hairless on the upper surface with age. Flowers in large cream spikes, which turn hairy and brush-like when fruiting.
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Derivation of specific name:	rochetiana: named after Rochet d'Hèricourt, French botanist and collector in Ethiopia during the mid-nineteenth century.
Habitat:	In woodland and hilly grassland.
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Flowering time:	Mar - Sep
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Northern Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,T,MS
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated:	Sunday 24 May 2009
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 229. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 99. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 27. Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 51 - 53. *Coates Palgrave, K. et al.* (1956).** Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 363 - 366. as Faurea speciosa (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 6. as Faurea speciosa 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 69. Mendes, E.J. (1978). Haloragaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 161. (Includes a picture). Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 54 - 55. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 6. as Faurea speciosa Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 155.

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