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Combretum zeyheri
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Picture: Bart Wursten
Levasflor Concession, Cheringoma
Picture: Bart Wursten
Levasflor Concession, Cheringoma
Picture: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare
1992
Drawing: Doreen Bolnick
1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Picture: Bart Wursten
Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo
Picture: Bart Wursten
Zebra Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Picture: Bart Wursten
Zebra Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Picture: Bart Wursten
Main gate at turn-off to CEC compound, Gorongosa National Park
The bark has a distinctive banded texture
Protea Hill Farm
Aug 2015
Photo: Mike Bingham
Protea Hill Farm
1992
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mukenge basketry woven from the roots of Combretum zeyheri
Photo: Mike Bingham
Mukenge basketry woven from the roots of Combretum zeyheri
Photo: Mike Bingham
Picture: Alain-Pierre Derennes
Camp Kwando.
Picture: Alain-Pierre Derennes
Camp Kwando.
Picture: Alain-Pierre Derennes
Camp Kwando.
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| Synonyms: |
Combretum bragae Engl. Combretum oblongum F. Hoffm. |
| Common names: | mukenge (Lozi) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small to medium-sized tree. Leaves clustered near the ends of branches, elliptic to obovate, usually 7-10 cm, sometimes larger, yellowish green, velvety when young, losing most hairs at maturity, 7-10 pairs of lateral veins, hairtuft domatia in the axils on the undersurface; margin entire, often wavy. Flowers greenish to pale yellow with orange anthers, in axillary spikes, appearing before the new leaves, sweetly scented. Fruit large up to 8 × 8 cm, 4-winged, pale green, drying to light brown. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | Basketry, popular in the crafts trade, is made from the fibrous roots, known as mukenge. The craft was brought to western Zambia by Mbunda immigrants from central Angola, who settled in Western Province, but has been taken up by other tribes in the area. The roots of the related C. psidioides are also used |
| Derivation of specific name: | zeyheri: named after Carl Zeyher, 1799 - 1858, a German naturalist |
| Habitat: | Miombo and munga woodland, often on rocky outcroppings, and Kalahari woodland. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana; tropical E and S Africa from D.R. Congo, Kenya to South Africa |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,Mc,E,C,Lk,S,W |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Deudorix dinochares (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 19 October 2016 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 131. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 674. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 15. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 9. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 135 - 139. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 488 - 489. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 263. Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 164 - 165. (Includes a picture). Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 122 - 125. (Includes a picture). Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1967). The influence of copper content of the soil on trees and shrubs of Molly South Hill, Mangula Kirkia 6(1) Pages 63 - 84. 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 35. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 48. Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 22 - 23. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 56. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 70. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 204. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 285. |
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