Terminalia sambesiaca Engl. & Diels

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Terminalia sambesiaca

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Terminalia sambesiaca

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Synonyms: Terminalia obovata Sim
Common names: River cluster-leaf (English) River terminalia (English)
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Description:
Small to large tree. Leaves crowded at the ends of branches, elliptic to broadly obovate, usually c. 7 cm, occasionally much larger, green, thinly textured, 8-9 pairs of lateral veins with soft hairs; margin entire or sometimes obscurely scalloped. Flowers in axillary spikes, creamy-white, sometimes tinged pinkish, with an unpleasant smell. Fruit elliptic, winged, 4-9 cm, green flushed with pink.
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Derivation of specific name: sambesiaca: of the Zambezi region
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Flowering time:Dec - Jan
Worldwide distribution: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Malawi distribution: C,S
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 690. (Includes a picture).

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 263.

Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 179 - 180.

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 35.

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Flora of Mozambique: Terminalia sambesiaca
Flora of Zambia: Terminalia sambesiaca
Flora of Zimbabwe: Terminalia sambesiaca

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Terminalia sambesiaca
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Terminalia sambesiaca
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Terminalia sambesiaca.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142200, retrieved 28 March 2024

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