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Zanthoxylum capense
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Maleme Dam camp site
Photo: Bart Wursten
Maleme Dam camp site
Photo: Bart Wursten
Maleme Dam camp site
Photo: Bart Wursten
Maleme Dam camp site
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| Synonyms: |
Fagara capensis Thunb. Fagara magalismontana Engl. |
| Common names: | Chikafusi (Shona) Mudzanganyia (Shona) Mulungwana (Shona) Muritsa (Shona) Small knobwood (English) Umhungwane (Ndebele) Umnungumabele (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small to medium-sized tree. Bark, greyish, smooth,armed with cone-shaped knobs, tipped with short straight spines. Leaves essentially imparipinnate but terminal leaflet often missing, citrus aromatic when crushed; rhachis grooved on top; leaflets in 4-8 opposite or alternate pairs, ovate to elliptic, up to 4 × 2 cm, basal pair smallest, increasing in size towards the the ultimate pair, translucent gland dots present along the crenate-dentate margin. Flowers in short, branched terminal heads, small, greenish-white. Fruit c. 5 mm in diameter, brownish-red, splitting to reveal a shiny black seed. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | capense: of the Cape |
| Habitat: | In a variety of mostly dry wooded habitats, often in rocky places. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | Papilio demodocus demodocus (Citrus swallowtail) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 29 March 2008 |
| Literature: |
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Flora of Mozambique: Zanthoxylum capenseAfrican Plant Database: Zanthoxylum capense
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Zanthoxylum capense
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Zanthoxylum capense
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Zanthoxylum capense
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Zanthoxylum capense
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Zanthoxylum capense
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Zanthoxylum capense
JSTOR Plant Science: Zanthoxylum capense
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Zanthoxylum capense
Tropicos: Zanthoxylum capense
West African Plants database: Zanthoxylum capense
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