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Hexalobus mossambicensis N.Robson

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Hexalobus

Characteristics

Leaves petiolate; lamina 4–7 x 1.6–3.1 cm., elliptic to oblong-elliptic, acute or obtusely acuminate at the apex, ± narrowly cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, concolorous, appressed-pubescent at first, soon completely glabrous, with midrib impressed above and prominent below, nerves not prominent on either side, with densely reticulate venation scarcely visible below; petiole 2–5 mm. long, pubescent.
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Branches spreading, appressed-pubescent at first, glabrescent, with persistent petiole-bases.
Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile; bracteoles densely fawn-or greyish-sericeous outside.
Sepals 6–8 mm. long, fawn-or greyish-sericeous outside.
Fruit subsessile; fruiting carpels unknown.
Shrub or tree, 4–5 m. high, much branched.
Carpel 1 (? or more), densely pubescent.
Otherwise similar to H. monopetalus.
Stamens 2 mm. long.
Petals yellow.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Conservation status

Hexalobus mossambicensis threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73715-1
WFO ID wfo-0000721788
COL ID 3LGHJ
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Synonyms

Hexalobus mossambicensis
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