Napoleonaea gossweileri Baker f.

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Habit (short)
Kalahari woodland
Mawela, Senanga District
Apr 2024
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Flower
Kalahari woodland
Mawela, Senanga District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Habit (tall)
Kalahari woodland
Kabubi, Nalolo District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Status:	Native
Description:	Evergreen shrub, up to 1·8 m. high with a woody rootstock. Leaves 3-10 x 1·2-3·5 cm., oblong-oblanceolate or oblong, blunt or sometimes acuminate at the apex, margin entire, cuneate at the base; petiole 3-5 mm. long. Flowers fragrant, 3·5-5 cm. in diameter, solitary. Receptacle muriculate. Calyx-segments 6 x 4 mm., ovate, acute, biglandular at the apex. Pseudocorolla cup-shaped, c. 35-nerved, pink along the ribs, concolorous inside, sometimes deeper magenta on the ridges, the other verticils white. Fruit 2·5-3 cm. in diameter, depressed-globose, verrucose.
Type location:	Angola
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Derivation of specific name:	gossweileri: named after J. Gossweiler who collected the type specimen in Angola.
Habitat:	Woodland on kalahari sand.
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Flowering time:	Apr - Jun
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC and Zambia
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Growth form(s):	Shrub under 2 m.
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Literature:	Fernandes, A. (1978). Barringtoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 218 - 219. (Includes a picture). Liben, L. (1971). Lecythidaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles Page 5. Prance, G.T. & Jongkind, C.C.H. (2015). A revision of African Lecythidaceae Kew Bulletin 70(6) Pages 27 - 29.

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