Vernicia montana
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Mountain Lodge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Mountain Lodge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Mountain Lodge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Mountain Lodge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Mountain Lodge
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd, nr Mountain Lodge
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| Synonyms: |
Aleurites montana (Lour.) Wilson |
| Common names: | Chinese wood-oil tree (English) |
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| Description: |
Tree, to 15 m with crisped-ferrugineous indumentum. Leaves: petiole long, to 25 cm; lamina broadly ovate, entire to 3-lobed, with 2 turbinate glands at the base of the lamina and one in each of the sinuses of the lobes. Inflorescences usually unisexual, broadly corymbose. Flowers appearing with the leaves. Male flowers: petals 1.5-2.5 cm, clawed, white; staminal column to 2 cm. Female flowers similar to male but ovary densely ferrugineous-tomentose. Fruit c. 3.5 × 4 cm, ovoid-subspherical, apiculate, 3(-5)-ridged and laxly reticulate. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | montana: of mountainous areas (montane) |
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| Flowering time: | Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern China, Burma, Indochina and Thailand |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 20. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 110. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 301 - 303. (Includes a picture). |
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