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Location: Licuati Forest Reserve
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Map showing the location of Licuati Forest Reserve.
General Information
Quarter degree square: Mainly 2632A4 Country: Mozambique Habitat: Sand forest, Dry forest Altitude range: 45 - 75 m Annual rainfall: Location (short): Protected Forest Reserve South of Maputo City and West of the Maputo Elephant Reserve. Location (detailed): |
Description
Licuati contains a mosaic woodland, thicket and dry evergreen forest, a rare forest type with many unique and rare plant species. This vegetation type is endemic to the
Maputaland Centre.
Typical tree species include:
Balanites maughamii
Cleistanthus schlechteri
Cola greenwayi
Croton pseudopulchellus
Dialium schlechteri
Hymenocardia ulmoides
Monodora junodii
Newtonia hildebrandtii
Ptaeroxylon obliquum
Pteleopsis myrtifolia
Uvaria lucida subsp. virens
The thickets are particularly rich in Rubiaceae with at least 21 taxa recorded.
References-
Izidine S.A. (2003) Licuati Forest Reserve, Mozambique: Flora, utilization and conservation. A research project report, Dept. of Botany, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002) SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR), SABONET News 7(1) 23-29.
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