Sterculia subviolacea K.Schum.

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Sterculia subviolacea

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Sterculia subviolacea

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Mporokoso District, Lumangwe Falls.

Sterculia subviolacea

Photo: Mike Bingham

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Tree up to 30 m. tall, with buttressed bole. Leaves simple, unlobed, broadly oblong to oblong-obovate, discolorous, glabrous above, very densely tomentellous below, with white stellate hairs. Panicles axillary and terminal, violet-tomentose.
Type location:
Tanzania
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: Subviolacea – refers to the violet or purple hairs on the inflorescences
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, D.R. Congo, Katanga, Tanzania.
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Growth form(s): Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Literature:

Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 75.

Storrs, A.E.G. (1995). Know Your Trees Regional Soil Conservation Unit. Page 100.

White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 246.

Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 556 - 557.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sterculia subviolacea
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sterculia subviolacea
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