Philenoptera bussei
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| Synonyms: |
Lonchocarpus bussei Harms Lonchocarpus menyharthii Schinz |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender deciduous tree. Bark grey, flaking in older trees. Leaves imparipinnate with 3-7 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets oblong to oblanceolate, 4-9 cm long, dark green above, paler and velvety below, particularly when young; apex tapering. Flowers in pendulous sprays, pale-mauve to purple, appearing before the new leaves. Pods in pendulous clusters, flat, up to 10 cm long, straw-coloured to pale brown, indehiscent. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | bussei: named after W. Busse, German agricultural officer and collector in Tanganyika (now Tanzania). |
| Habitat: | In a variety of types of woodland and on rocky outcrops. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | W,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,Lk,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 10 January 2017 |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 100 - 101. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 325. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 37. As Lonchocarpus bussei Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 223. as Lonchocarpus bussei Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 247. As Lonchocarpus bussei 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 50. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 102. |
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