Fernandoa magnifica Seem.

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West of road 5, across Musicadzi River, Gorongosa National Park.

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Synonyms:	Heterophragma longipes Baker
Common names:	Fernandoa (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Small, often multi-stemmed tree. Bark grey to pale brown, rough and fissured with distinct pale lenticels. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate with 4-7 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets lanceolate to oblong; margin entire or sometimes obscurely crenate-dentate. Flowers in many-flowered racemes with a stout rhachis, spectacular, bright orange-red with a yellow centre; corolla bell-shaped, up to 10 cm in diameter, shallowly lobed with 4 large stamens protruding; anther thecae 9-12 mm long. Fruit a long. slender capsule, 30-55 cm long, flattened, spirally twisted, pale brown, dehiscent.
Notes:	The species known as F. magnifica in the account in FZ has subsequently been split into 2 species which occur in the FZ area. The species occurring in Zimbabwe remains F. magnifica, whereas plants from Malawi have been named F. abbreviata Bidgood. F. abbreviata is cultivated in the National Botanic Gardens in Harare and also in gardens in Harare. We have therefore included it as a cultivated plant. The two species may be separated using the following key, adapted from Bidgood: 1. Flowers borne singly or in few-flowered inflorescences without a stout rhachis; anther-thecae 5-8 mm ... abbreviata 1. Flowers in many-flowered racemes with a stout rhachis; anther-thecae 9-12 mm ... magnifica
Derivation of specific name:	magnifica: magnificent, beautiful
Habitat:	On sandy soils in dry forest and woodland.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Aug - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe
Mozambique distribution:	Z?,MS,GI
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:	Epiphora mythimnia (Larval foodplant)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Thursday 1 September 2016
Literature:	Bidgood, S (1994). Synopsis of the Continental African Species of Fernandoa (Bignoniaceae) Kew Bulletin 49(3) Pages 385 - 386. (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 876. (Includes a picture). Diniz, M.A. (1988). Bignoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Pages 81 - 83. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 163. 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 30.

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