Tessmannia martiniana Harms

Species

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Characteristics

? Tree.. Rhachis of leaf (together with petiole) 2–7 cm. long; leaflets alternate, 6–12, oblong to obovate-suborbicular, 0.8–3 cm. long, 7–20 mm. wide, rounded or obtuse and emarginate at apex, glabrous and (at least in var. pauloi) with fine prominent reticulate venation on both surfaces.. Inflorescences of simple axillary racemes, or with 1–2 branches; axis 1–4.5 cm. long, densely brownish-velvety-pubescent as are the pedicels.. Sepals ± 1 cm. long.. Petals ± 2 cm. long, with an oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate lamina.. Ovary and stipe tomentose.. Fruit unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Tessmannia martiniana world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:521093-1
WFO ID wfo-0000171076
COL ID 55JHT
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Synonyms

Tessmannia martiniana Tessmannia martiniana var. martiniana Tessmannia martiniana var. pauloi