Lovoa swynnertonii Baker f. |
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Family : MELIACEAE |
Information on the genus : Lovoa |
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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 : |
Evergreen tree 20-40-50 m; crown narrow, flattened; bole straight, clean (sometimes to 30 m height), to 2 m Ø, fluted or slightly buttressed at base; bark smooth, grey, flaking in circular patches c. 3 cm Ø; leaves c. 30 cm long, pubescent when young. |
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Ecology : |
Rain-forest; moist forest; well-drained slopes of stream banks; riverine forest; 150-1525 m alt. (coastal Kenya 150-450 m, inland > 1150 m). |
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Timber dark brownish red, difficult to work; formerly marketed with L. trichilioides. Now very rare in Zimbabwe needing protection. |
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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Record n°57215 |
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