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Klainedoxa gabonensis
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Medium to large tree, up to 25 m tall. Leaves alternate, elliptic, 10-12 cm long, hairless; margin entire; petiole 4-10 mm long, hairless. Long stipules present but falling soon, enclosing the new leafbuds,looking like soft spines at the ends of branchlets. Flowers small, bisexual; petals 4-5, free; stamens 8-10; disk present. Fruit a depressed-globose drupe, slightly 5-angled, 5-5.6 mm in diameter, hairless. |
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Gabon |
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| Derivation of specific name: | gabonensis: of Gabon where the type specimen was collected. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From West Africa to Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania and South to Angola and Northwestern Zambia. |
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| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Literature: |
Exell, A.W. (1963). Irvingiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 220. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 68. |
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