Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
macrocarpum: with large fruits
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dichapetalum macrocarpum Engl. ex K. Krause Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=179110
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Shrub. Young branchlets with spreading hairs. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 14 × 5 cm, with long hairs on the midrib and 6-9 pairs of lateral veins above, densely short hairy below, somewhat asymmetric at the base; margin entire. Flowers in subsessile few-flowered clusters, hairy on the outside. Fruit 2-3-lobed, c. 2.5 cm long, densely covered in long stiff hairs.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dichapetalum macrocarpum Engl. ex K. Krause Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=179110
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Tanzania and Mozambique
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dichapetalum macrocarpum Engl. ex K. Krause Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=179110
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
