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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub |
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| Derivation of specific name: | africana: African; latifoliola: with broad leaflets. |
| Habitat: | On rocky slopes and seepage areas along evergreen forest margins. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from the Nyika Plateau, Malawi. |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 163. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 28. As Kotschya africana Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 119 - 120. Willis, C.K., Burrows, J.E., Fish, L., Phiri, P.S.M., Chikuni, A.C. & Golding, J. (2001). Developing a greater understanding of the flora of the Nyika Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71(2) Page 999. |
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