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Securidaca longepedunculata

Botanic Family

Polygalaceae

Author

Fresenius

Common Names

• Violet-tree
• Latcha (Banda)
• Bwazi (Cichewa)
• Chiguruka (Kimwera)
• Mwejue (Kitongwe)
• Mulimba (Kitongwe)
• Mnengonengo (Kinyanwezi)
• Mkala (Tanzania)
• Rhodes's Violet
• Wild Wisteria (South Africa)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• N & S Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• wooded grassland
• forest
• savanna woodland

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Nov

Much-branched divaricate shrub, tree or liane with terminal racemes with bracts & bracteoles, of fragrant red, pink or purple flowers with cream & yellow centre or variegated with white, yellow-green samaras to 60mm long. Young branches not spiny, leaves coriaceous glabrous or glabrescent 50mm x 20mm

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA