Triplochiton zambesiacus Milne-Redh.

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Near Lodges, Crocodile Farm, Kariba

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Crocodile Farm, Kariba

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Mundyoli (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Musonzo (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Mutumbugwe (Shona) Uganso (Ndebele) Wine-cup (English) Zambezi-oak (English)
Description:	Large spreading tree. Bark flaking in whitish and pale grey patches, giving a mottled appearance. Leaves spirally arranged, up to 12 × 14 cm, palmately 5-9-lobed with lobes ovate-oblong, stellate hairy when young, hairless when older, sometimes with a few hairs remaining at the base of the veins below; base cordate. Flowers in 1-4-flowered axillary and terminal clusters, white to yellowish with a deep red centre, showy, 5-7 cm in diameter, opening only in the mornings. Fruit up to 5 hairy carpels, each with a stiff membranous hairy wing up to 9 × 3 cm, pale straw-coloured with darker markings.
Notes:	It is restricted to the Valley of the Zambezi and its tributaries and perhaps should be listed as a Near Endemic.
Derivation of specific name:	zambesiacus: of the Zambezi region
Flowering time:	Dec - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Zambia and Zimbabwe
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Image last updated:	Saturday 26 December 2009
Literature:	Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 259. 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 80. Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 549 - 550. (Includes a picture).

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