| Cussonia zimmermannii Harms |
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Protologue : Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 361 (1915)  |
| Information on the genus : Cussonia |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree 6-25(-30) m; bark greenish-grey, fissured; leaves digitately compound; petiole to 20-53 cm long, 5 mm Ø; leaflets 5-9, sessile, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, to 25x8 cm, glabrous above, glabrous to slightly puberulous beneath. |
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| Ecology : |
Semi-evergreen woodland on granitic outcrop; rain-forest ?; (dry) evergreen forest; woodland; evergreen coastal bushland; forest edge; 1-400 m alt. |
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Medicinal plant (cf. J. Nat. Prod. 70: 1565-1569, 2007). |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- EXELL, A. & WILD, H. (1978). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 4: 630
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 2: 234 (1992).
- KLOPPER R.R., CHATELAIN C,. & AL. (2006). Checklist Flowering Plants of Sub-Saharan Africa. Sabonet report 42 : 88
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
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