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Vepris fanshawei Mendonça

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Vepris

Characteristics

Leaves alternate, ( 1 ) 3-foliolate; petiole 1–4·5 cm. long, terete, narrowly grooved above; leaflets sessile; lamina 6·5–11·5 × 1·9–3 cm., drooping, flaccid, becoming convolute in drying, narrowly elliptic, densely dotted with pellucid glands, acuminate to somewhat obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base; nerves and veins very numerous.
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Male flowers in bud only: sepals 4, united into a cupuliform calyx with shallow imbricate lobes; petals 4, slightly imbricate; stamens (7) 8; filaments flattened at the base, those opposite the petals shorter; anthers 2-lobed at the base; vestigial ovary glabrous, with 2 styles.
Inflorescence of axillary panicles up to 5 cm. long, branched from the base; flowers usually clustered; pedicels 1–4 mm. long.
Female flowers and fruit not seen.
Glabrous shrub 1·5 m. tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Vepris fanshawei world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775487-1
WFO ID wfo-0001227800
COL ID 7FNTN
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Vepris fanshawei
WorldFloraDB 2024