Dracaena camerooniana
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Open woodland
Serenje-Mpika 15 km
Jan 2001
Photo: Mike Bingham
Protea Hill Farm
Mar 2011
Photo: Mike Bingham
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. |
| FZ divisions: | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,N |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 7 December 2016 |
| Literature: |
La Croix, I. (2010). Dracaenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 13(2) Page 18. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 57. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 16. |
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