Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
trichocarpa: hairy-fruited
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Monanthotaxis trichocarpa (Engl. & Diels) Verdc. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=168420
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Straggling shrub or liane. Branches red to purple-black, densely rusty hairy, not zigzag. Leaves c. 6-15 cm long, obovate to oblanceolate-oblong, somewhat leathery, green and hairless above, glaucous and slightly hairy below, particularly on the veins; apex acute, rounded or emarginate; base cordate. Flowers solitary or rarely in pairs, extra-axillary, bisexual, yellow or greenish, fleshy. Fruit in 2-8 carpels, pink, orange-yellow to red.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Monanthotaxis trichocarpa (Engl. & Diels) Verdc. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=168420
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Mozambique and possibly in Malawi.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Monanthotaxis trichocarpa (Engl. & Diels) Verdc. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=168420
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
