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Status: | Native |
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Glabrous shrub 1·5 m. tall. Leaves alternate, ( 1 ) 3-foliolate; petiole 1–4·5 cm. long, terete, narrowly grooved above; leaflets sessile; lamina 6·5–11·5 × 1·9–3 cm., drooping, flaccid, becoming convolute in drying, narrowly elliptic, densely dotted with pellucid glands, acuminate to somewhat obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base; nerves and veins very numerous. Inflorescence of axillary panicles up to 5 cm. long, branched from the base; flowers usually clustered; pedicels 1–4 mm. long. Male flowers in bud only: sepals 4, united into a cupuliform calyx with shallow imbricate lobes; petals 4, slightly imbricate; stamens (7) 8; filaments flattened at the base, those opposite the petals shorter; anthers 2-lobed at the base; vestigial ovary glabrous, with 2 styles. Female flowers and fruit not seen. (Description JSTOR) |
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Zambia, Chienge |
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FZ divisions: | N |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | E,S |
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Endemic status: | Endemic |
Red data list status: | Data deficient |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Mendonça, F. A. (1963). Rutaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 204. |