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Chikuhlule

Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius Baker

Derivation of specific name

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fraxinifolius: with leaves like an Ash (Fraxinus sp. - Oleaceae).
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius Baker Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137430
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Small tree with dense foliage. Leaves paripinnate, up to 30 cm long with 3-7 pairs of leaflets; leaflets oblong to elliptic, 3-11 cm long, yellowish green to green above, thinly textured, hairless above, fine glandular hairs along the veins below apex broadly tapering to rounded; margins entire, wavy. Flowers in loose axillary spike-like racemes, unisexual, on different tree, small, greenish or yellowish. Fruit ovoid, c 1.5 cm long, velvety, yellow, orange or pinkish, splitting, often reluctantly, revealing a single seed, almost hidden in a bluish white, fleshy aril.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius Baker Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137430
author
Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Insects whose larvae eat this plant species

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Euphaedra neophron neophron (Gold-banded forester)
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius Baker Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137430
author
Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Worldwide distribution

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Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius Baker Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137430
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe