Strophanthus eminii
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Kundabwika Falls
Mar 2017
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Kundabwika Falls
Mar 2017
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Kundabwika Falls
Jul 2013
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Kundabwika Falls
Jul 2013
Photo: Mike Bingham
Habit
Open Brachystegia woodland
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
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Stem
Open Brachystegia woodland
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
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Leaves
Open Brachystegia woodland
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
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Flower
Open Brachystegia woodland
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Open Brachystegia woodland
Nsumbu National Park
May 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Strophanthus stuhlmannii Pax Strophanthus wittei Staner |
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| Description: |
Small tree to 1-7 m tall, or scrambling shrub climbing to 10 m., deciduous, with white, yellow or clear latex. Inflorescences on leafless branches, 1-12 flowered; corolla lobes gradually narrowing into the pendulous tails; lobes (including the tails) 94-180 mm long. Follicles shaggy. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | eminii: after Isaak Eduard Schnitzer (March 28, 1840 – October 23, 1892), Ottoman physician of German Jewish origin, naturalist, and governor of the Egyptian province of Equatoria, where he was known as "Emin Pasha". |
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| Flowering time: | Jul-Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | DR Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. |
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| Literature: |
Beentje, H. (2021). Apocynaceae, sous-familes I. Apocynoideae et II. Rauvolfioideae Flore d' Afrique Centrale Jardin botanique de Meise Pages 140 - 142. (Includes a picture). Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 472. Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 239 - 240. (Includes a picture). Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 26. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 351. |
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