Calodendrum capense
Cape Chestnut
Botanical description 4
Bole: Medium. To 20 m. Bark: NR. Slash: NR. Leaf: Simple. Opposite. Petiole: 0.2 - 1 cm. Channelled. Lamina: Medium. 6 - 14 × 3.5 - 8 cm. Elliptic. Cuneate/cordate. Acute/apiculate/rounded. Entire. Hairy/glabrous. Simple; stellate; branched. Domatia: Absent. Glands: Pellucid glands in leaf. Stipules: Absent. Thorns & Spines: Absent. Flower: Pale purple/white. Infloresence to 15 cm long. Terminal panicle. Hermaphrodite. Fruit: Globose woody warty 5-valved capsule. 3.5 cm in diameter.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/13/133080-1.jpg
- (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/13/133080-2.jpg
- (c) Z. Rogers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://images.mobot.org/tropicosthumbnails/TropicosImages2/100153000/100153819.jpg
- Adapted by Patrick Furtado from a work by (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/23285035
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
