Leea guineensis G. Don
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Yaekela, Tshopo, Central DRC
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Yaekela, Tshopo, Central DRC
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Yaekela, Tshopo, Central DRC
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Yaekela, Tshopo, Central DRC
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Yaekela, Tshopo, Central DRC
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Yaekela, Tshopo, Central DRC
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Cyamudongo Forest, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rusizi
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Cyamudongo Forest, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rusizi
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Cyamudongo Forest, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rusizi
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Cyamudongo Forest, Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rusizi
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Native |
Description:
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Shrub or small tree with soft-wooded, hairless branches. Leaves compound, mostly 2-pinnate, sometimes 3-pinnate at the base; rhachis with reddish swellings at the insertion of the pinnae; pinnae up to 5, imparipinnate mostly with 3-5 leaflets; leaflets elliptic, pointed at the apex, 4-20 cm long, hairless or pubescent on the veins beneath, somewhat discolorous; margin toothed; petiole c. 12 cm long. Inflorescences usually 2-branched up to 20 cm in diameter; branches reddish. Flowers globose in bud, 2-5 mm in diameter, red outside, orange or yellowish inside. Fruit up to 8 mm in diameter, hairless with a persistent calyx, red turning black when ripe. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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guineensis: of Guinea, referring to West Africa in general. |
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In swamp forest and along forest margins, often as a secondary pioneer in clearings. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Widespread in tropical Africa and Southeast Asia. |
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Literature:
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Wild, H. (1966). Leeaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 494 - 495. Under Leeaceae (Includes a picture).
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Leea guineensis
Flora of Burundi: Species information: Leea guineensis. https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=185440, retrieved 5 October 2024
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