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Newtonia buchananii
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Aberfoyle Country Club, Honde Valley
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Nyabamba Bridge, Chimanimani District
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By the Swynnerton Memorial, Chirinda Forest
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| Synonyms: |
Piptadenia buchananii Baker |
| Common names: | Forest newtonia (English) |
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| Description: |
Very large tree. Bark greyish-brown, fairly smooth; large trees often buttressed at the base Leaves with 12-23 pairs of pinnae; leaflets in 38-67 pairs per pinna, linear-oblong, very small, less than 1 cm long; rhachis with a stalked gland between each pair of pinnae. Flowers in axillary spikes up to 19 cm long, white to yellow. Pods slender, up to 32 cm long, flat, splitting on one side and opening out flat. Seeds up to 7.5 cm surrounded by a reddish papery wing. |
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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: | Jun - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Cameroon, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Brenan, J.P.M. (1970). Mimosoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(1) Pages 28 - 30. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 212. (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 221. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 40. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 242. 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 45. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 17. as Piptadenia buchanani Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 94 - 95. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 74. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93. |
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