Derivation of specific name
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swynnertonii: named after Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938), well-known naturalist, who first recorded and collected many species of flora and fauna in and around the Chirinda Forest
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tannodia swynnertonii (S. Moore) Prain Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134830
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Description
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Small to medium-sized. Bark grey-brown to dark brown, smooth. Stems fluted and buttressed in older specimens. Leaves alternate oblong-elliptis or rarely ovate, 4-13 cm long, 3-5-veined from the base, pointed at the apex, hairless except for small tufts in the domatia in the axils of the veins beneath; margin entire but wavy; petiole up to 3 cm long, thickened at both ends. Flowers unisexual on different trees. Male flowers creamy-white, in spikes up to 23 cm long; female flowers creamy-green with petals c. 4 mm long, in more sparsely-flowered spikes up to 19 cm long. Fruit a small woody capsule, 3-lobed, 1-1.5 cm long, greenish, velvety and sometimes prickly.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tannodia swynnertonii (S. Moore) Prain Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134830
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Local and occasional
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tannodia swynnertonii (S. Moore) Prain Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134830
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tannodia swynnertonii (S. Moore) Prain Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134830
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Tannodia swynnertonii: Brief Summary
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Tannodia swynnertonii is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is found in Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
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