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Garcinia volkensii
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Kasama District, Mwela Rocks, 5 km east of Kasama.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kasama District, Mwela Rocks, 5 km east of Kasama.
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A small tree or shrub, much branched, glabrous; branches stiff, often forming a side angle with the stem, grooved or winged; leaves opposite, petiolate, thin leathery. |
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| Habitat: | In understorey of evergreen forest, riverine forest and sometimes on granite rocks. |
| Altitude range: | 1300 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania; Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 129. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 616. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 20. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 41. Robson, N.K.B. (1961). Guttiferae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 397 - 398. Troupin, G. (1978). Clusiaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 304. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 282 - 283. (Includes a picture). |
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