Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
capitata: in the form of a head, capitate
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trichilia capitata Klotzsch Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133550
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Scrambling shrub or small tree. Leaves imparipinnate with 4-6 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets opposite or alternate, ovate to elliptic, mostly c. 7 × 3 cm, rather dull green and finely velvety above, more densely so below, base asymmetric; margins entire. Flowers in short and dense, stalked axillary heads, white to yellowish, small. Fruit a spherical woody capsule, pale green, c. 1.5 cm in diameter, splitting into 3 valves, revealing black seeds, in a dull dark red aril.
- 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). Trichilia capitata Klotzsch Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133550
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trichilia capitata Klotzsch Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133550
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings