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Treculia africana
africana
africana
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Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
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| Common names: | African breadfruit (English) |
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| Description: |
Tree up to 30 m., evergreen, with milky latex. Bole fluted, bark smooth, grey-brown. Leaves alternate, lamina oblong-lanceolate, base slightly asymmetric. Male flowers cover the surface of golf ball sized inflorescences; the female inflorescence is up to about 15 cm in diameter; the mature infructescence is about the size of a football. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | africana: African |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Senegal and Southern Sudan to Mozambique, Malawi and northern Angola. |
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| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Cyrestis camillus sublineata (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 22 - 24. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 346 - 350. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 74. As Treculia africana subsp. africana (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 124 - 125. |
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Flora of Malawi: Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africanaFlora of Mozambique: Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana
Flora of Zambia: Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Treculia africanaAfrican Plant Database: Treculia africana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Treculia africana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Treculia africana
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iNaturalist: Treculia africana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Treculia africana
JSTOR Plant Science: Treculia africana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Treculia africana
Plants of the World Online: Treculia africana
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Wikipedia: Treculia africana
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