| Home | > | List of families | > | Burseraceae | > | Commiphora | > | schimperi |
Commiphora schimperi
Images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
Records and maps: Display species records Map species by: altitude rainfall geology Map species using Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Balsamodendron schimperi O. Berg Commiphora betschuanica Engl. |
| Common names: | Glossy-leaved corkwood (English) Mukwendekwende (Shona) Munyera (Shona) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Bark dark green to yellowish-green flaking in large golden-brown to yellowish strips; branches spine-tipped. Leaves clustered on small lateral branchlets, 3-foliolate or rarely imparipinnate with 2-4 pairs leaflets; leaflets obovate, up to 5 × 3.5 cm, lateral leaflets about half the size of terminal leaflet, more or less shiny green, hairless; margin coarsely toothed; petiole slender, up to 3 cm long. Flowers in small axillary sessile clusters, red, cup-shaped, appearing before the leaves. Fruit ovoid, c. 1.3 cm long, pointed, pale pink, splitting to reveal a black seed almost entirely hidden by a 4-lobed bright red pseudo-aril. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | schimperi: named after Prof. Andreas Schimper (1856 - 1908), German botanist and plant collector. |
| Habitat: | In hot and dry woodland and scrub often on sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Namibia, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 4 April 2008 |
| Literature: |
Comments
comments powered by DisqusOther sources of information about Commiphora schimperi:
Flora of Mozambique: Commiphora schimperiAfrican Plant Database: Commiphora schimperi
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Commiphora schimperi
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Commiphora schimperi
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Commiphora schimperi
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Commiphora schimperi
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Commiphora schimperi
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Commiphora schimperi
JSTOR Plant Science: Commiphora schimperi
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Commiphora schimperi
Tropicos: Commiphora schimperi
West African Plants database: Commiphora schimperi
| Home | > | List of families | > | Burseraceae | > | Commiphora | > | schimperi |