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Napoleonaea gossweileri Baker F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Lecythidaceae > Napoleonaea

Characteristics

Leaves 3-10 x 1·2-3·5 cm., oblong-oblanceolate or oblong, blunt or sometimes acuminate at the apex, margin entire, cuneate at the base; midrib and the 6-7 pairs of lateral nerves impressed above, prominent beneath; petiole 3-5 mm. long.
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Pseudocorolla cup-shaped, c. 35-nerved, pink along the ribs, concolorous inside, sometimes deeper magenta on the ridges, the other verticils white.
Calyx-segments 6 x 4 mm., ovate, acute, biglandular at the apex.
Fruit 2·5-3 cm. in diameter, depressed-globose, verrucose.
Evergreen shrub, up to 1·8 m. high with a woody rootstock.
Flowers fragrant, 3·5-5 cm. in diameter, solitary.
Receptacle muriculate.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 8.0
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Uses food gene source
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Distribution

Napoleonaea gossweileri world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:469470-1
WFO ID wfo-0000774615
COL ID 45NY6
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Synonyms

Napoleonaea gossweileri
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