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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Herb; stems annual, erect or horizontal, creeping and rooting at the nodes. Receptacle more or less elliptic with two long appendages. |
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Derivation of specific name: | buchananii: after John Buchanan (1855 – 1896), Scottish horticulturist, missionary, farmer and plant collector in Malawi, who became Acting British Consul to Central Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchanan_(settler). |
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Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
Worldwide distribution: | Southern Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 35 - 36. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 314 - 316. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. 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 63. |
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