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Dichapetalum macrocarpum Engl.

Species

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Characteristics

Leaf-lamina 4–10 (14) × 2–5 cm., elliptic or oblanceolate, glabrescent above (except for the midrib and lateral nerves which are pilose with long hairs), densely hispid-tomentose below, acuminate and mucronate at the apex, rounded at the base and often slightly asymmetric; lateral nerves c. 6–9 pairs, prominent below; stipules lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, c. 15 × 2 mm., ± persistent and with appressed hairs especially on the outside.
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Petals c. 8 × 4 mm., obovate, 2-fid for c. 1/4 their length, rounded at the apex, tomentose outside.
Cymes subsessile, few-flowered; bracts up to 5 mm. long, hairy; pedicels 2 mm. long, pilose.
Sepals c. 6 mm. long, free almost to the base, densely tomentose outside, glabrous within.
Ovary covered with very long white woolly hairs; style glabrescent, shortly 3-lobed.
Fruit 2–3-lobed, c. 2·5 cm. long, densely covered with long stiff hairs.
Shrub; branchlets tomentose with spreading hairs.
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Uses medicinal poison
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Distribution

Dichapetalum macrocarpum world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Conservation status

Dichapetalum macrocarpum threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316287-1
WFO ID wfo-0000645313
COL ID 35KY5
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Synonyms

Dichapetalum macrocarpum
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