Acridocarpus zanzibaricus

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Family: Malpighiaceae

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Country of Origin: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam region

Description: Plants ca. 2m tall, shrub-like at base; shoots eventually elongating and twining around other vegetation and around themselves; sepals green, ventral sepals each with 2 glands; petals yellow, dorsal petals 2; stamens yellow; pistil green; fruit, turning brown when dry.

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USDA Zone: 11-12

Source: Charles Davis, Wenheng Zhang - Harvard University

Provenance:

• Plants of Tanzania: Dar es Sallaam Region, Dar es Salaam: Kawe, N side of the city of Dar es Sallaam on Old Bagamoyo Road. 6d 44'8"S,39d 14'24"E, 15m.
  
  Island-like thickets, scattered shrubs and small trees on sand. In open and edge of thickets.
  
  Plants ca. 2m tall, shrub-like at base; shoots eventually elongating and twining around other vegetation and around themselves; sepals green, ventral sepals each with 2 glands; petals yellow, dorsal petals 2; stamens yellow; pistil green; fruit, turning brown when dry.
  
  W.H. Zhang, F.M. Mbago & D.E. Boufford, Harvard University Herbaria #154
  10 February 2008
  

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: eurosid I
• Order: Malpighiales
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• Family: Malpighiaceae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed 13 October 2015.
2. Acridocarpus zanzibaricus at GBIF. Last accessed on Thursday, September 01, 2016.

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