Strychnos lucens Baker

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Strychnos lucens

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Castleburn Forest, Vumba

Strychnos lucens

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Castleburn Forest, Vumba

Strychnos lucens

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Hadange River crossing, rd to Outward Bound, Chimanimani

Strychnos lucens

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Nyamkombe River bridge, road to Katiyo

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Nhamadzi River upstream from crossing path to Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Reserve.

Strychnos lucens

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Nhamadzi River upstream from crossing path to Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Reserve.

Strychnos lucens

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Nhamadzi River upstream from crossing path to Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Reserve.

Strychnos lucens

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Nhamadzi River upstream from crossing path to Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Reserve.

Strychnos lucens

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Nhamadzi River upstream from crossing path to Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Reserve.

Strychnos lucens

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Nhamadzi River upstream from crossing path to Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Reserve.

Strychnos lucens

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Nhamadzi River upstream from crossing path to Mt Binga, Chimanimani National Reserve.

Strychnos lucens

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Forest Edge, Vumba

Strychnos lucens

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Forest Edge, Vumba

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Synonyms: Strychnos Milneredheadii Duvign. & Staquet
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Climbing shrub or liane, often climbing high into the canopy of trees. Tendrils paired. Leaves variously elliptic, leathery, shiny green above, mostly glabrous; three-veined from the base. Flowers in axillary heads, yellow-green. Fruits yellow to orange, spherical, variable in size; larger fruits hard-shelled.
Type location:
Angola
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: lucens: shining
Habitat: In forest, woodland and on rocky hillsides
Altitude range: Up to 1700 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,Mc,C,Lk,S
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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 275. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 777. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53.

Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 927.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 113.

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 24.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 268.

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1983). Loganiaceae (inc. Buddlejaceae) Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Page 363.

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 58.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 100.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 117.

White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 341.

White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 343.

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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: Strychnos lucens.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=144370, retrieved 29 March 2024

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