| Hirtella zanzibarica Oliv. |
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Protologue : Hooker's Icon. Pl. t. 1193 (1876)  |
| Information on the genus : Hirtella |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Hirtella zanzibarica Oliv. subsp. zanzibarica (1876) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Acioa goetzeana Engl. (1901) |
| =Hirtella zanzibarica var. cryptadenia Brenan |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Hirtella zanzibarica Oliv. subsp. zanzibarica (1876) |
| Hirtella zanzibarica subsp. megacarpa (R.A. Graham) Prance (2002) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Evergreen tree 6-25 m, buttressed at base; sometimes flowering as a shrub 1-5 m tall; bark blackish, smooth; leaves shiny, glabrous; fruit edible. |
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| Ecology : |
Rain-forest; fringing forest and various types of coastal forest; forest in lower slopes of mountains; "in Mozambique one of the most characteristic and abundant trees in dense semi-deciduous forest at low altitudes dominated by Pteleopsis myrtifolia etc. |
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Comprises 2 subspp.: - subsp. zanzibarica; subsp. megacarpa (R. A. Graham) Prance in Kew Bull. 57: 994, 2002 (bas.: Hirtella megacarpa R. A. Graham). |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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 Hirtella zanzibarica Oliv. Hirtella zanzibarica Oliv.; Madagascar, Andrafiamena, for?ts aux alentours d'Anjahankely; num.coll.: LG 5394; photo: Gautier, L. & Ranirison, P.  Hirtella zanzibarica Oliv. Hirtella zanzibarica Oliv.; Madagascar, Andrafiamena, for?ts aux alentours d'Anjahankely; num.coll.: LG 5394; photo: Gautier, L. & Ranirison, P.
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