Newtonia hildebrandtii (Vatke) Torre
var. hildebrandtii

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Newtonia hildebrandtii var. hildebrandtii

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Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park

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Synonyms:	Piptadenia hidebrandtii Vatke
Common names:	Lebombo wattle (English) Lowveld newtonia (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Large deciduous tree. Leaves with 4-7 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 6-19 pairs per pinna, linear-oblong, hairless or nearly so; rhachis with glands between each pair of pinnae. Flowers in axillary spikes up to 9 cm long, creamy-white. Pods up to 30 cm long, flat, wine-red when mature, splitting on one side and opening out flat. Seeds up to 6 cm long surrounded by a reddish-brown papery wing.
Notes:	See var. pubescens for comparison.
Derivation of specific name:	hildebrandtii: named after J.M. Hildebrandt (1847-1881), German Botanist and collector in East Africa and Madagascar.
Habitat:	In sandforest and woodland, usually near rivers on deep sandy soils.
Altitude range:	40 - 600 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	From Kenya southwards to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	Z,T,MS,M
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated:	Sunday 17 August 2014
Literature:	Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 29 - 30. (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 221. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. 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 45. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 26.

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