Melhania acuminata Mast.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Melhania acuminata Mast.

  • Collector(s)

    W. R. Bainbridge 759, 02 Mar 1963

  • Location

    Zambia. Southern. Livingstone (Distr.). Near Candalbra pool. where Chiababi stream plunges over Fifth Gorge, Victoria Falls Trust area (1 1/4 miles south of Eastern Cataract Map Ref. 1725 D4.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04960017

    Occurrence ID: 3d1ec9c1-643d-47b8-bb37-5ab46cb23325

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Zambia

  • State/Province

    Southern

  • County/Municipio

    Livingstone (Distr.)

  • Locality

    Near Candalbra pool. where Chiababi stream plunges over Fifth Gorge, Victoria Falls Trust area (1 1/4 miles south of Eastern Cataract Map Ref. 1725 D4

  • Elevation

    Alt. 875 m. (2871 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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FLORA OF NORTHERN RHODESIA
A11/63
Name MeiiwuHiL acumivuxbd ft&ik-
Det.
hoc. Near C^ndalbra pool, where Map Réf.
Chiababi stream plunges over Fifth Gorge, 1725 Dlj.
Victoria Palls Trust area ( 1^ miles south
of Eastern Cataract)
yellow
P. Livingstone
District.
Veg. Type Q1 scrub
Habit etc.	woQ^y	'	Up	0	grt	high.	Plrs
Spicalyx pale green.
Habitat thinly scattered in open patches,-in open mop-
ane-Kjrkia savanna, with Combretum apiculatum, Commiphora
pyrac an thro ides , Pterocarpus rotundifolius, Xcacia riigrescensi
Croton gratissimus, Euphorbia cooperi, etc., on shallow, ske-
letal basalt soil. Grasses Heteropogon and Andropogon, med.
^ense.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04960017
Coll. W. R. Bainbridge,
Forest Dept.,
Ndola.
No.
Alt.
759
± 2,870*
Date
2.3.1963
04960017