Croton megalobotrys Müll. Arg.

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Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
93980017 Oct 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
545
GL Maggs
WIND

Caprivi: Katima Mulilo - Nature Conservation Offices: on banks of Zambezi River.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2 0Tree; Notes: Small, bushy tree, 3-4 m high. Bark greyish; branchlets with prominent lenticels. Leaves simple, alternate; petioles ca. 25 mm long, curved with dense white stellate indumentum; lamina cordiform, ca. 50 x 30 mm, apex acute, base cordate with pair of stalked glands, margin dentate, adaxially dark green, sparsely stellate, abaxially silver with dense silvery stellate indumentum. Flowers in axillary, spicate racemes of length ca. 30 mm, insignificant, ca. 5 mm in diameter, globose; pedicel 3-6 mm long, slender; sepals 5, free, green, adaxially concave; petals slightly exerted beyond calyx, white-green, pubescent; stamens numerous, curled, exerted.-17.62500024.3750005
94628003 Mar 2001BA Curtis
BA Curtis
771
WIND

Caprivi: Site GH3, Terminalia woodland, on floodplain edge.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0Shrub; Notes: Floppy, soft leaved shrub.-17.91194024.6819404
94745030 Dec 2000K Sharpe
K Sharpe
4
C Mannheimer
WIND

Caprivi: Ngoma.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D4 0Tree; Notes: Height: various. Leaves present. Abundant.-17.87333024.7513904
95116010 May 2003PF Horn
PF Horn
Number unknown
D Lutombi
WIND

Caprivi: Ncangcara Island in Kavango River.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A2 0450 cm high; Tree; Notes: Tree. Height: 450cm. Stem: one, straight, thin, growing upwards, latex present. Bark: smooth, light grey. Leaves: large.-18.12500021.3750002
95566002 Dec 1990GL Maggs
GL Maggs
878
GL Maggs
WIND

Caprivi: East Caprivi. Mvubu Camp, on bank of Kwando river back-water, near Balelwa.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A2 0Tree; Notes: Medium-sized tree in riverine woodland. Ethnobotanical Voucher specimen. Mutuwatuwa (Lozi): roots used in various remedies, also fish poison.-18.12500023.3750002
91824002 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed riverine fringeAt compound of Zambezi Nightclub/Restaurant, Katima Mulilo
51
0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724A4 938-17.48282024.2526007
92494006 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Along dry river near bridge crossingEntrance road to Nkasa Lupale N.P.
51
0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B3 949-18.26547023.6422307
91044727 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Riverine fringe forest on Kalahari sandNear Restaurant area, Ngepi Camp, Kavango River
51
0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821B1 993-18.11678021.6708107
93471002 Dec 2002GR Friederich
GR Friederich
Number unknown
D Lutombi
MM Uiras
WIND

Caprivi: Kwando River near Singalamwe0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C2 993Tree; Notes: 500 cm high. Leaves: simple, alternate, toothed margins, long petiole, apex sharply tapering, base lobed. Stems and bark: smooth, light green, no latex, harsh smell.-17.65861023.4102805

Total records found: 9



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Records of: Croton megalobotrys.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=134790, retrieved 28 March 2024

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