Derivation of specific name
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obovata: with obovate leaves
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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). Friesodielsia obovata (Benth.) Verdc. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123810
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Scrambling shrub or very small tree. Leaves alternate, obovate, bluish-green with conspicuous pale veins, velvety when young. Flowers solitary, terminal or above the leaf axils, cream to greenish yellow, fleshy.
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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). Friesodielsia obovata (Benth.) Verdc. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123810
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Friesodielsia obovata (Benth.) Verdc. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123810
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Insects whose larvae eat this plant species
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Graphium leonidas leonidas (Veined swordtail)
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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). Friesodielsia obovata (Benth.) Verdc. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123810
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Angola, southern DRC, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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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). Friesodielsia obovata (Benth.) Verdc. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123810
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
