Leea guineensis G. Don

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Yaekela, Central DRC © Botanic Garden Meise

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

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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree with soft-wooded, hairless branches. Leaves compound, mostly 2-pinnate, sometimes 3-pinnate at the base; rhachis with reddish swellings at the insertion of the pinnae; pinnae up to 5, imparipinnate mostly with 3-5 leaflets; leaflets elliptic, pointed at the apex, 4-20 cm long, hairless or pubescent on the veins beneath, somewhat discolorous; margin toothed; petiole c. 12 cm long. Inflorescences usually 2-branched up to 20 cm in diameter; branches reddish. Flowers globose in bud, 2-5 mm in diameter, red outside, orange or yellowish inside. Fruit up to 8 mm in diameter, hairless with a persistent calyx, red turning black when ripe.
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Derivation of specific name:	guineensis: of Guinea, referring to West Africa in general.
Habitat:	In swamp forest and along forest margins, often as a secondary pioneer in clearings.
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Worldwide distribution:	Zambia, D. R. Congo, Malawi; widespread in tropical Africa and SE Asia.
Malawi distribution:	N
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Monday 11 January 2016
Literature:	Wild, H. (1966). Leeaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 494 - 495. Under Leeaceae (Includes a picture).

Flora of Zambia: Leea guineensis
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Leea guineensis

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