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Shrub or small to large tree. Bark smooth when young, becoming roughish and cracked, often flaking in older specimens; branchlets with lenticels, hairless; rubbery milky latex present. Leaves in whorls of 3, rarely 4, elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 13 × 5 cm, leathery, yellowish-green above, paler below, hairless, lateral veins parallel and looping to form a sub-marginal vein; margin entire,wavy; petiole short, winged by the decurrent leaf base. Flowers in axillary clusters on old and new wood, white, fading to creamy-yellow, strongly fragrant. Fruit in paired round mericarps, up to 2 cm in diameter, wrinkled, yellow-orange to red when ripe.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pleiocarpa pycnantha (K. Schum.) Stapf Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145010
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pleiocarpa pycnantha (K. Schum.) Stapf Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145010
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Pleiocarpa pycnantha

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Pleiocarpa pycnantha is a plant in the family Apocynaceae.

Description

Pleiocarpa pycnantha grows as a shrub or tree. Its fragrant flowers feature a white to creamy-yellow corolla. The fruit is yellow-orange to red with paired follicles, each up to 2 centimetres (1 in) long.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Pleiocarpa pycnantha is native to an area of Africa from Sudan south to Mozambique and in parts of West Africa.[2] Its habitat is evergreen forest from sea level to 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) altitude.[3]

References

  1. ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Pleiocarpa pycnantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T144305485A149022209. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144305485A149022209.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Pleiocarpa pycnantha". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Pleiocarpa pycnantha". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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Pleiocarpa pycnantha: Brief Summary

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Pleiocarpa pycnantha is a plant in the family Apocynaceae.

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