Tetracera boiviniana Baill.

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Near Vontade, NE of Quelimane

Photo: Warren McCleland
Quiterajo, Cabo Delgado Province

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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree up to c. 5 m tall with a rather gnarled and crooked stem; bark dark grey, rough and vertically fissured. Leaves alternate, elliptic to obovate, up to 13 cm long, rounded at the apex tapering at the base; upper surface rough, sparsely hairy; veins distinctly sunken; more densely hairy with raised veins beneath; margin sharply serrate; petiole up to 15 mm long, hairy. Inflorescences in few-flowered clusters, terminal and in the upper leaf axils. Petals 4, white; stamens yellow, numerous. Fruit consisting of 4 red carpels, held in the remains of the calyx, thinly hairy, spine-tipped.
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Derivation of specific name:	boiviniana: after Louis-Hyacinthe Boivin (1808-1852), French botanist and plant collector in East Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands.
Habitat:	In coastal woodland.
Altitude range:	20 - 200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z
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Content last updated:	Sunday 24 June 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 627. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 52. Wild, H. (1960). Dilleniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 103 - 105. (Includes a picture).

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