Dracaena camerooniana Baker

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Dracaena camerooniana

Open woodland
Serenje-Mpika 15 km
Jan 2001
Photo: Mike Bingham

Dracaena camerooniana

Protea Hill Farm
Mar 2011
Photo: Mike Bingham

Dracaena camerooniana

Protea Hill Farm
Mar 2011
Photo: Mike Bingham

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Frequency: Common across northern Zambia
Status: Native
Description:
Erect or scrambling much-branched shrub. Leaves crowded at branch ends. Inflorescences unbranched.
Type location:
Cameroon
Notes: Conservation nates: Common across northern Zambia and elsewhere in tropical Africa. Not threatened.
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Habitat: Gallery forest undergrowth.
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Worldwide distribution: Zambia; widespread in tropical West Africa, Angola.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,Cb,N
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Content last updated: Wednesday 7 December 2016
Literature:

La Croix, I. (2010). Dracaenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) Page 18.

White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 16.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dracaena camerooniana
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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: Dracaena camerooniana.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=206880, retrieved 29 March 2024

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