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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Dark-leaved saucer-berry (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Branches angular with prominent leaf scars. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, 3-12 cm long with scattered soft hairs on both surfaces, more densely below; margin finely toothed or crenate; petiole with appressed hairs, grooved. Flowers in terminal heads, yellowish, densely hairy in the corolla throat, calyx and stalks covered in hairs. Fruit unknown. |
| Notes: | Endemic to central Mozambique. This is a little-known and seldom recorded species. |
| Derivation of specific name: | stuhlmannii: named after Franz Ernst Stuhlmann, one time Acting Governor of Tanganyika and an avid collector of plants. |
| Habitat: | Occurring in thickets on sandy soils or termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Central Mozambique |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z,MS |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 824. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 82. Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 66 - 67. |
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