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This species is accepted, and its native range is S. DR Congo to Zambia.

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Araliaceae, J. F. M. Cannon. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Habit
A robust suffrutex arising from a woody subterranean rhizomatous rootstock, the whole plant less than 1 m. tall.
Leaves
Leaves palmate (rarely subdigitate).
Petiole
Petiole up to 60 cm. long, arising directly from the crown of the rootstock, subglabrous to fairly densely pubescent with crisped hairs.
Leaf lamina
Lamina up to 30 × 30 cm., chartaceous to subcoriaceous, very densely covered with crisped hairs when young, especially on the veins; indumentum appearing much sparser on the mature leaf owing to expansion of the lamina. Lobes (5)6(7), obovate, apex acute to long-acuminate; margin crenate-serrate to rather irregularly serrate-dentate.
Inflorescences
Spikes at first very crowded, but elongating and becoming less dense at the fruiting stage, up to 60 cm. long. Inflorescence a group of spikes similar to those of C. arborea arising directly from the crown of the rootstock.
Bracts
Basal bracts densely puberulous.
Flowers
Flowers sessile, with narrowly linear, pubescent floral bracts.
Stylopodium
Stylopodium well developed, conical, c. 2 mm. long, stigmatic surfaces free for only a very short distance.
Fruits
Fruit ovoid, slightly ribbed, 8–10 × 6–8 mm.

Native to:

Zambia, Zaïre

Cussonia corbisieri De Wild. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Cruse, A.W., Zimbabwe 6984.000

First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 200 (1914)

Accepted by

  • Frodin, D.G. & Govaerts, R. (2003 publ. 2004). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae: 1-444. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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