Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
senegalensis: of Senegal
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lepisanthes senegalensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Leenh. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=175010
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Shrub or small to medium-sized tree. Leaves alternate to sub-opposite, bifoliolate; leaflets elliptic, 8-15 cm long, leathery, apex tapering, often curved down; margin entire, wavy. Flowers unisexual on the same tree, in terminal branched sprays, greenish-cream, small. Fruit ovoid, fleshy, c. 2 × 1.2 cm, occasionally 2-lobed, reddish, indehiscent.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lepisanthes senegalensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Leenh. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=175010
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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From Senegal to Sudan, Ethiopia and south to Angola and Mozambique.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lepisanthes senegalensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Leenh. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=175010
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
