Napoleonaea gossweileri Baker f.

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Habit (short)
Kalahari woodland
Mawela, Senanga District
Apr 2024
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Flower
Kalahari woodland
Mawela, Senanga District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Habit (tall)
Kalahari woodland
Kabubi, Nalolo District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Frequency:	Local to locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Evergreen shrub, up to 1·8 m. high with a woody rootstock. Leaves 3-10 x 1·2-3·5 cm., oblong-oblanceolate or oblong, blunt or sometimes acuminate at the apex, margin entire, cuneate at the base; petiole 3-5 mm. long. Flowers fragrant, 3·5-5 cm. in diameter, solitary. Receptacle muriculate. Calyx-segments 6 x 4 mm., ovate, acute, biglandular at the apex. Pseudocorolla cup-shaped, c. 35-nerved, pink along the ribs, concolorous inside, sometimes deeper magenta on the ridges, the other verticils white. Fruit 2·5-3 cm. in diameter, depressed-globose, verrucose.
Type location:	Angola
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	gossweileri: after John Gossweiler (1873-1952), botanist of Swiss origin, who collected more than 14000 specimens in Angola between 1900 and 1950.
Habitat:	Kalahari woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Apr - Jun
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DR Congo and Zambia.
FZ divisions:	B
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	W
Growth form(s):	Shrub under 2 m.
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Images last updated:	Thursday 25 July 2024
Literature:	Fernandes, A. (1978). Barringtoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 218 - 219. (Includes a picture). Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 109. Liben, L. (1971). Lecythidaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles Page 5. Prance, G.T. & Jongkind, C.C.H. (2015). A revision of African Lecythidaceae Kew Bulletin 70(6) Pages 27 - 29.

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