Derivation of specific name
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bussei: named after W. Busse, German agricultural officer and collector in Tanganyika (now Tanzania).
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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). Excoecaria bussei (Pax) Pax Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135680
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Description
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Small to medium-sized tree. Leaves elliptic-obovate, varying from glossy dark green to yellowish green; margins finely crenate; petiole grooved along the top. Flowers in slender spikes, small, greenish yellow, unisexual with a few female flowers a the base of the spike. Fruit 3-lobed, thin-walled, bladder-like, dark brown.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Excoecaria bussei (Pax) Pax Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135680
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Southern Kenya to Botswana, Caprivi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Excoecaria bussei (Pax) Pax Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135680
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Excoecaria bussei: Brief Summary
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Excoecaria bussei is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was originally described as Sapium bussei Pax in 1903. It is native from Kenya to the Caprivi Strip.
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