Pyrenacantha kaurabassana Baill.
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Munga woodland/thicket
Chakwenga Camp, Lower Zambezi National Park
Nov 2007
Photo: Mike Bingham
Munga woodland/thicket
Chakwenga Camp, Lower Zambezi National Park
Nov 2007
Photo: Mike Bingham
Nchendeni Hills
Mar 2016
Photo: Steve Tolan
Nchendeni Hills
Mar 2016
Photo: Steve Tolan
Photo: Karl van Laeren
Hippo Pools
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
Photo: MO Roedel
Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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Synonyms:
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Pyrenacantha menyharthii Schinz
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Stems twining or trailing from a perennial tuber; stems green hispid. Leaves: petiole 4-6 cm; lamina variable, triangular to pentagonal in outline, ± entire to deeply 3-5-lobed; base cordate to sagittate, hirsute. Inflorescences borne at the nodes, pedunculate. Male flowers borne in 3-4 cm, dense, spikes; flowers numerous, sessile. Female flowers borne in 1-1.5 cm, subcapitate spikes; flowers fewer, sessile. Fruits yellow-orange when mature, hirsute. |
Type location:
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Mozambique |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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kaurabassana: of Cabora Bassa in Mozambique, where the type specimen was found. |
Habitat:
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Among rocks and on termite mounds in dry bush and woodland |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique |
National distribution:
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Growth form(s):
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Climber, liane, shrub over 2 m.
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Thursday 21 December 2017 |
Literature:
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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 76.
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 54.
Mendes, E.J. (1963). Icacinaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 347 - 350. (Includes a picture).
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Copyright:
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2025).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Pyrenacantha kaurabassana. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137280, retrieved 20 March 2025
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