Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult.

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Mato, Bateke plateau, near Kinshasa, DRC

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Near Bandundu, DRC

Photo: Stefaan Dondeyne
Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest.

Photo: Bart Wursten
Tava Marsh, Moribane Forest.

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Zomba Community

Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC

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Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma.

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Wild frangipani (English)
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Status:
Description:	Small tree. Branches with or without large lenticels. Leaves opposite, narrowly obovate, thickly leathery both when fresh and dry, base cuneate; apex obtuse. Calyx clasping the corolla and shed with it, barrel-shaped to cylindric; 2.5-4 times as long as the lobes. Corolla pale yellow; lobes broadly obcordate. Fruit composed of two separate mericarps, one only often developing; obliquely subspherical. Seeds with an orange aril.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	thouarsii: named after Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1758-1831), who was exiled to Madagascar after the French Revolution where he became a botanist and an avid collector of plants, particularly orchids.
Habitat:
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Aug - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Throughout tropical Africa, also Eswatini and South Africa; also in Madagascar.
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:	Sthenias puncticornis (Uncertain) Daphnis nerii (Larval foodplant)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 803. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 58. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 27. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 269. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 436 - 438. 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 19. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 23. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 45.

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