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Calodendrum capense
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Maleme Dam camp site
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Maleme Dam camp site
Photo: Bart Wursten
Maleme Dam camp site
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| Synonyms: |
Dictamnus capensis L.f. |
| Common names: | Cape chestnut (English) Umbaba (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small to large tree. Younger branches armed with robust spines up to 2 cm long. Leaves simple, opposite, more or less broadly elliptic, up to 22 cm long, hairless when mature, translucent gland-dots present, aromatic when crushed, margin entire and wavy. Flowers in dense axillary heads, large and showy, pale to deep pink with a darker purple marrom glandular spots; petals long and narrow, alternating with petal-like staminodes. Fruit a 5-lobed capsule up to 3.5 cm in diameter, covered in tubercles, yellow-green when young to brown and woody when ripe, dehiscing from the base, valves remaining connected to the stalk at the apex. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | capense: of the Cape |
| Habitat: | In montane and riverine forest and densely wooded ravines. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa as far as the Western Cape. |
| 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 Zimbabwe: cultivated Calodendrum capense pageFlora of Mozambique: Calodendrum capense
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Calodendrum capense
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Calodendrum capense
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Calodendrum capense
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Calodendrum capense
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Calodendrum capense
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Calodendrum capense
JSTOR Plant Science: Calodendrum capense
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Calodendrum capense
Tropicos: Calodendrum capense
West African Plants database: Calodendrum capense
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