Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
rotundifolius: round-leaved; polyanthus: many-flowered
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pterocarpus rotundifolius (Sond.) Druce
subsp. polyanthus (Harms) Mendonça & E.P. Sousa Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131170
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Medium sized deciduous tree. Bark variable, smooth to rough, fissured or flaking, grey to brown. Leaves imparipinnate with up to 10 pairs of more or less opposite leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets ovate, elliptic to almost round, 3.5-7 cm long, dark green above, much paler below, finely hairy; apex rounded or notched. Flowers in dense axillary and terminal sprays, golden-yellow. Fruit a flattened pod, oval to subcircular, 2.5-3.5 cm in diameter, single-seeded, surrounded by a thick membranous wing.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pterocarpus rotundifolius (Sond.) Druce
subsp. polyanthus (Harms) Mendonça & E.P. Sousa Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131170
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
SW Kenya, Tanzania, DRC (Katanga), Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pterocarpus rotundifolius (Sond.) Druce
subsp. polyanthus (Harms) Mendonça & E.P. Sousa Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=131170
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings