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Stereospermum kunthianum
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Nr Chikupo Cave, Masembura CL
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By Mazowe River, Hippo Pools
Photo: Mark Hyde
By Mazowe River, Hippo Pools
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Kabvevesango (Shona) Mutandangozi (Shona) Pink jacaranda (English) |
| Description: | Small, to medium-sized tree, sometimes only a small shrub. Bark grey, smooth, sometimes flaking, revealing pale underbark. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate with 4 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets oblong, mostly c. 8 × 3 cm with short hairs; margin entire or rarely obscurely dentate. Flowers in large panicles, showy, pink with red streaks on the lower corolla lobes, 3-4 cm in diameter. Flowering before the new leaves appear. Fruit a long. slender capsule, 35-50 cm, flattened, reddish brown, dehiscent. Seeds winged. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | kunthianum: probably named after Karl Sigismund Kunth (1788-1850), German professor of botany at the University of Berlin and Vice President of the botanical garden. Also co-author of Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1815-1825). |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Senegal to Ethiopia and South to Mozambique, Zimbabwe. |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Saturday 7 October 2006 |
| 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 115. (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 879. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53. Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 45 - 48. as Stereospermum kuntheanum (Includes a picture). Diniz, M.A. (1988). Bignoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Pages 77 - 79. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273. 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 30. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 62. |
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