Dorstenia buchananii Engl.
var. buchananii

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Lusaka SE, cultivated; Jan 2014.
Photo: Mike Bingham

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Frequency:	Rare
Status:	Native
Description:	Herb; stems annual, erect or horizontal, creeping and rooting at the nodes. Receptacle more or less elliptic with two long appendages.
Type location:	Malawi
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Derivation of specific name:	buchananii: after John Buchanan (1855 – 1896), Scottish horticulturist, missionary, farmer and plant collector in Malawi, who became Acting British Consul to Central Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchanan_(settler).
Habitat:	Miombo woodland and thicket.
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Flowering time:	Dec - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Southern Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	C,E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	E,C
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Content last updated:	Monday 6 January 2014
Literature:	Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 35 - 36. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 314 - 316. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. 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 63.

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