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 # 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: 3 confirmed on 06-19-2013

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: eurosid I
• Order: Malpighiales
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• Family: Malpighiaceae
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