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Piliostigma thonningii
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| Synonyms: |
Bauhinia thonningii Schumach. |
| Common names: | Camel-foot (English) Monkey bread (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Unarmed trees. Leaves simple, conspicuously 2-lobed with rust-coloured indumentum beneath. Flowers medium to small, unisexual in racemes or panicles, white or pinkish tinged. Calyx with turbinate tube and 4-5 short lobes. Petals 5. Fertile stamens 10 in male flowers, reduced to staminodes in female flowers. Female flowers with stigma sessile on the ovary. Pods indehiscent, linear to oblong, woody, many-seeded. |
| Notes: | Differs from similar species in Bauhinia by the unisexual flowers and the indehiscent pods. |
| Derivation of specific name: | thonningii: after Peter Thonning (1775 - 1848), a botanical collector |
| Habitat: | In woodland and wooded grassland. |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and extending to South Africa |
| Botswana distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 30 - 32. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 121. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 262. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 29. Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 115 - 118. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 216 - 217. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 213. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 243. Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 74 - 75. as Bauhinia thonningii (Includes a picture). Kamumvuri, G. (ed.) (2004). Plants of Zimbabwe Report No. 1 National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Pages 25 - 26. as Bauhinia thonningii (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 44. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 70. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 18. as Bauhinia thonningii (Includes a picture). Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 209. |
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