Derivation of specific name
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rochetiana: named after Rochet d'Hèricourt, French botanist and collector in Ethiopia during the mid-nineteenth century.
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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). Faurea rochetiana (A. Rich.) Pic.Serm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120680
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Description
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Small deciduous tree. Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate, very hairy when young, becoming glabrous on the upper surface with age. Flowers in large cream spikes, which turn hairy and brush-like when fruiting (left in the image)
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Faurea rochetiana (A. Rich.) Pic.Serm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120680
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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). Faurea rochetiana (A. Rich.) Pic.Serm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120680
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Faurea rochetiana: Brief Summary
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Faurea rochetiana, also known as the broad-leaved beechwood, is a tree found in much of Africa from Sudan south to Limpopo, Mpumalanga and northern KwaZulu-Natal. The tree is small and leafy. It has wider leaves, larger flowers and flower veins and also denser hairy twigs than the bushveld beechwood. The tree's national number is 76.
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