Derivation of specific name
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orientalis: oriental, eastern
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trema orientalis (L.) Blume Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120090
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Tree or shrub to 10-15 m. Bark smooth, grey. Stipules 4-7 mm, lanceolate. Leaves: petiole 7-12 mm; lamina 7-14 × 2-7.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate to ovate; margin serrate all round, even towards the base; base rounded to cordate; apex acuminate. Cymes 5-10 mm (to 30 mm in fruit), usually congested, mostly male flowers but some
bisexual at tip. Ovary pubescent. Fruits 2-4 mm, black, glabrescent.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trema orientalis (L.) Blume Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120090
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Frequent
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trema orientalis (L.) Blume Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120090
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Insects whose larvae eat this plant species
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Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron (Blue-spotted charaxes) Philotherma rosa (Rose eggar) Pseudobunaea tyrrhena (Cat's paw emperor)
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trema orientalis (L.) Blume Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120090
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Throughout Africa south of the Sahara, Madagascar, Mascarene Is and tropical Asia
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Trema orientalis (L.) Blume Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120090
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
