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Common names: | Winged bersama (English) |
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See Bersama abyssinica for general description details. This subspecies differs in the rhachis NOT being winged and the leaflets with the margins entire. The flowers are generally smaller with petals 10-12 mm long and the calyx is mostly pink-tinged. |
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Derivation of specific name: | abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |
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Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and ?Zimbabwe. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 208. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 9. As Bersama abyssinica abyssinica abyssinica Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 20. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 122. White, F. (1966). Melianthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 545. |
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