Grewia decemovulata Merxm.
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
Picture: Mark Hyde
Picnic area, Haka Game Park, Harare
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Picnic area, Haka Game Park, Harare
Habit
Termitaria
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaves
Termitaria
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Termitaria
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Termitaria
Kipemba area, Kalumbila Distr.
Oct 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman
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Synonyms:
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Grewia flavescens sensu Exell & Mendonça Grewia trothai sensu Hutch.
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Native |
Description:
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Procumbent or spreading suffrutex, less than 1.5 m. Leaves broadly oblong with serrate margins, thinly coverered in appressed hairs above, more densely below. Inflorescences axillary. Sepals longer than petals, pubescent on the back. Flowers yellow, tinged with orange-red. |
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Zimbabwe |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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B,N,W,C,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Nw,Cb,N,C,S,W |
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Content last updated: |
Saturday 3 December 2022 |
Literature:
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Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 14.
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 258.
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 81.
Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 47 - 48. (Includes a picture).
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Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2024).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Grewia decemovulata. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138420, retrieved 18 April 2024
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