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Sterculia tragacantha
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Botanic Gardens adjacent to Sandringham Drive
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Botanic Gardens adjacent to Sandringham Drive
Photo: Mark Hyde
Botanic Gardens adjacent to Sandringham Drive
Photo: Mark Hyde
Botanic Gardens adjacent to Sandringham Drive
Photo: Mark Hyde
Botanic Gardens adjacent to Sandringham Drive
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| Synonyms: |
Sterculia ambacensis Welw. ex Hiern |
| Common names: | |
| Description: | Tree up to 15 m. tall with thick branches and a dense crown. Young shoots and petioles rusty-brown tomentose. Leaves crowded at the branch tips, simple, unlobed, broadly oblong to oblong-obovate, concolorous, glabrescent above, rusty tomentose below. Panicles axillary and terminal, Calyx lobes separating to about half way while remaining joined at the tips, cream with a thin violet pubescence. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | tragacanth – Gum tragacanth is obtained from species of leguminous shrubs of the genus Astragalus. |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical West Africa, Tanzania, Katanga, Angola. |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 75. Storrs, A.E.G. (1995). Know Your Trees Regional Soil Conservation Unit. Page 100. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 247. Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 556. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Burundi: Sterculia tragacanthaFlora of Zambia: Sterculia tragacantha
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sterculia tragacanthaAfrican Plant Database: Sterculia tragacantha
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sterculia tragacantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sterculia tragacantha
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sterculia tragacantha
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iNaturalist: Sterculia tragacantha
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sterculia tragacantha
JSTOR Plant Science: Sterculia tragacantha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sterculia tragacantha
Plants of the World Online: Sterculia tragacantha
Tropicos: Sterculia tragacantha
Wikipedia: Sterculia tragacantha
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