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Synonyms: |
Azanza garckeana (F. Hoffm.) Exell & Hillc. Thespesia rogersii S. Moore |
Common names: | Snot apple (English) |
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Description: |
Tree to 10 m. Leaves: lamina up to 20 × 20 cm, subcircular in outline, palmately 3-5-lobed, with a linear fissure 5-10 mm long on the mid-vein beneath; stellate-pubescent to nearly glabrous above, stellate-tomentose to -pubescent beneath; base cordate; apex usually blunt or rounded; margin entire. Flowers c. 6 cm in diameter, yellow or purplish with dark purple or dark red centre. Epicalyx teeth 9-10, up to 12 mm, caducous. Calyx c.10 mm. Fruit a capsule, up to 4 × 3 cm, subspherical to broadly ellipsoid or ovoid, glutinous. Seeds c. 10 × 7 mm, hemispheric, with a brownish woolly floss. |
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Derivation of specific name: | garckeana: named after Christian Garcke (1819-1904), botanist and plant collector |
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Flowering time: | Dec - May |
Worldwide distribution: | Eastern and southern tropical Africa |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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Insects associated with this species: | Sphingomorpha chlorea (Food plant) Olapa fulviceps (Larval foodplant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
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