MalpighiaceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Acridocarpus zanzibaricus (Bojer ex Loudon) A. Jussieu
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- Family: Malpighiaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam region
- Habitat: open and thicket edges on sand
- Description: Plants ca. 2m tall, shrub-like at base; shoots eventually elongating and twining around other vegetation and around themselves; sepals green, ventral sepals each with 2 glands; petals yellow, dorsal petals 2; stamens yellow; pistil green; fruit, turning brown when dry.
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 200800044
- Source: Charles Davis, Wenheng Zhang - Harvard University
- Provenance: Plants of Tanzania: Dar es Sallaam Region, Dar es Salaam: Kawe, N side of the city of Dar es Sallaam on Old Bagamoyo Road. 6d 44'8"S,39d 14'24"E, 15m.
Island-like thickets, scattered shrubs and small trees on sand. In open and edge of thickets.
Plants ca. 2m tall, shrub-like at base; shoots eventually elongating and twining around other vegetation and around themselves; sepals green, ventral sepals each with 2 glands; petals yellow, dorsal petals 2; stamens yellow; pistil green; fruit, turning brown when dry.
W.H. Zhang, F.M. Mbago & D.E. Boufford, Harvard University Herbaria #154
10 February 2008
- Accession Date: 04-28-2008
- Bench: 1106 - AFR:East African Coastal C
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 09-15-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Malpighiales
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- Family: Malpighiaceae
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