Rothmannia whitfieldii (Lindl.) Dandy

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Rothmannia whitfieldii

Picture: Jenny Fawcett
Forestry Reserve, Mkushi

Rothmannia whitfieldii

Picture: Jenny Fawcett
Forestry Reserve, Mkushi

Rothmannia whitfieldii

Picture: Jenny Fawcett
Forestry Reserve, Mkushi

Rothmannia whitfieldii

Copperbelt; Oct 1976.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Rothmannia whitfieldii

Picture: Patricia Bingham

Rothmannia whitfieldii

Picture: Patricia Bingham

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Synonyms: Gardenia whitfieldii Lindl.
Randia malleifera (Hook.) Hook.f.
Rothmannia malleifera (Hook.) Benth.
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Status: Native
Description:
Shrub or small tree to up to 8.5(-15) m tall. Leaves petiolate; lamina 10-30 × 3-13 cm, elliptic to obovate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; base cuneate; apex acuminate. Flowers strongly scented, solitary, penduluous. Calyx brown-pubescent. Corolla white, narrowly cylindric below, funnel-shaped above, up to 23 cm long. Fruits 3-7 cm in diameter, spherical, smooth or strongly 10-ribbed, brown-pubescent when young, becoming glabrous later, crowned by the persistent calyx
Type location:
Sierra Leone
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Habitat: Evergreen forest or in miombo woodland, often by streams
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Worldwide distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa, from West Africa through the DRC, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia and Malawi.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,N,C
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Content last updated: Thursday 30 October 2014
Literature:

Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 659 - 660.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Rothmannia whitfieldii.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=203940, retrieved 29 March 2024

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