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Micklethwaitia carvalhoi
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Napuda, Cabo Delgado
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Quisanga, Cabo Delgado.
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Quisanga, Cabo Delgado.
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West of Pemba Bay, Metuge, Cabo Delgado.
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West of Pemba Bay, Metuge, Cabo Delgado.
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West of Pemba Bay, Metuge, Cabo Delgado.
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| Synonyms: |
Brenaniodendron carvalhoi (Harms) J. Léonard Cynometra carvalhoi Harms |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Deciduous tree. Bark smooth, grey. Leaves paripinnate with 3-4 pairs of leaflets; petiole 1.4-2.1 cm long; rhachis 3-8 cm long, channelled above; hairless or pubescent; leaflets elliptic to obovate, up to 7.6 cm long, slightly asymmetric, hairless or pubescent; terminal pair largest; 1-3 resinous glands present near the base of each leaflet. Inflorescences in 8-12-flowered, leaf-opposed racemes, appearing terminal on short shoots. Flowers white with narrowly obovate-elliptic petals 4-6 mm long, strongly midveined. Pod flattened, asymmetrically obtriangular, 10-14 cm long, ridged along each side of the upper margin, explosively dehiscent. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | carvalhoi: named after Manuel Rodriguez de Carvalho, a plant collector in Mozambique around 1884. |
| Habitat: | Open coastal forest onred or black clay soils. |
| Altitude range: | 10 - 150 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from northern Mozambique. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 28 September 2014 |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 58 - 60. (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 260. (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 86. |
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