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Uvariastrum hexaloboides

Uvariastrum hexaloboides
Photo: Drawings by Fadia, EPHE in MNHN-Palynothèque (Paris)., CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
W. Tanzania to N. Zambia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Uvariastrum hexaloboides is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Tanzania, Zambia and Zaire. Robert Elias Fries, the botanist who first formally described the species using the basionym Uvaria hexaloboides, named it after a different species Hexalobus monopetalus which he thought its flowers and vegetative parts resembled.

Uses

It has been described as being used as a source of edible fruit in Zambia.

Other Uvariastrum plants

Uvariastrum germainii · Uvariastrum insculptum · Uvariastrum pierreanum · Uvariastrum zenkeri · Uvariastrum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Uvariastrum hexaloboides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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