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Psorospermum mechowii
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Habit
Degraded miombo woodland
Manyama, Kalumbila District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Degraded miombo woodland
Manyama, Kalumbila District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Degraded miombo woodland
Manyama, Kalumbila District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Degraded miombo woodland
Manyama, Kalumbila District
Oct 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Psorospermum angolense Exell Psorospermum hundtii Exell & Mendonça |
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| Description: |
Shrublet or perennial herb 15–40 cm high. Stems branched or almost unbranched, ascending or erect, caespitose, arising from a polycephalous rootstock, quadrangular at first (sometimes ± flattened), eventually terete, glabrous except when very young. Leaves chartaceous or ± coriaceous, opposite or sometimes sub-opposite, petiolate; lamina (2.5) 3–7.5 × 0.6–3.6 cm, broadly elliptic to oblong or oblanceolate, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate or attenuate at the base (never rounded), completely glabrous except when very young, dark or olive green and ± glossy above, paler green below (never whitish), with tertiary venation usually prominent, and with dark glandular dots ± densely scattered over the lower surface as well as at the apex and margin; petiole (2) 3–4 (6) mm long, glabrous. Inflorescence terminating main or lateral shoots, cymose, appearing paniculate, few- to many-flowered, pedunculate, with branches quadrangular, glabrescent. Sepals 2–4 mm long, elliptic to lanceolate, glabrescent. Petals up to 6 mm long, elliptic to oblanceolate, white, sometimes tinged with pink or green, streaked with dark purple-red. Berry 6–10 mm in diam., dark red or black. Seeds c. 3 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
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| Derivation of specific name: | mechowii: named after Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow, who led the German expedition to Cuango, Angola between 1878-81. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Angola and Zambia |
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| Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Robson, N.K.B. (1961). Guttiferae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 390. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 257. |
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