Derivation of specific name
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discolor : discolorous, not of the same colour - referring to the leaves
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lannea discolor (Sond.) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=136520
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Description
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Medium-sized deciduous tree. The bark has a coppery tinge. Leaves compound with up to 11 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet. Leaves markedly discolorous, the upper surface green, the lower grey with dense felty hairs. Individual flowers small but produced in sweetly scented spikes up to 14 cm long, cream to pale yellow in colour, and borne when the trees are leafless. Sexes are separate, the female spikes being shorter and more compact than the male spikes.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lannea discolor (Sond.) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=136520
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Frequency
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Common
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lannea discolor (Sond.) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=136520
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Insects whose larvae eat this plant species
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Eucraera gemmata (Budded lappet)
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lannea discolor (Sond.) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=136520
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- Mark Hyde
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Worldwide distribution
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Occurs from the DRC southwards through the FZ area to Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Swaziland
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lannea discolor (Sond.) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=136520
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Lannea discolor: Brief Summary
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Lannea discolor, the live-long, is a plant species in the family Anacardiaceae. It is found from the DRC to Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Eswatini. It similar in appearance to L. schweinfurthii which has a largely overlapping distribution.
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Spring foliage
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