Turraea nilotica Kotschy & Peyr.

Images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record

Photo: Bart Wursten
Haslemere Lane, Umwindsidale

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus

Photo: Rob Burrett
Domboshawa

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:	Turraea randii Baker f. Turraea tubulifera C. DC.
Common names:	Bushveld honeysuckle-tree (English) Chipindura (Shona) Chirambagavakava (Shona) Chitsvimbovarisa (Shona) Chitunguru (Shona) Isidlamvundala (Ndebele) Mudyakuwe (Shona) Mukondanyoka (Shona) Muzaramhanga (Shona) Small mahogany (English)
Frequency:	Common
Status:	Native
Description:	Deciduous shrub or small tree. Leaves elliptic, entire, up to 10 × 16 cm, densely velvety hairy, particularly on the under surface. Flowers with a distinct staminal tube, greenish-white, turning yellow with age, appearing before the leaves in dense clusters on the young branches. Fruit a near-spherical, thinly woody capsule. See T. zambesica, which is confined to the Zambesi Valley. It can be distinguished by the smaller leaves being nearly glabrous.
Notes:	In leaf it superficially resembles Vangueria infausta, another common species with which it frequently grows, but T. nilotica differs from that species in having alternate leaves.
Derivation of specific name:	nilotica: from the valley of the Nile
Habitat:	In miombo woodland, wooded grassland and on termite mounds
Altitude range: (metres)	990 - 1570 m
Flowering time:	Aug - Sep
Worldwide distribution:	From Sudan and E Africa southwards to northern S Africa
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:	ST
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):	Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Apollo moth)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Saturday 29 January 2005
Literature:	Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 104 - 105. (Includes a picture).

Comments

comments powered by Disqus

Other sources of information about Turraea nilotica:

Flora of Mozambique: Turraea nilotica
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Turraea nilotica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Turraea nilotica
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Turraea nilotica
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Turraea nilotica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Turraea nilotica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Turraea nilotica
JSTOR Plant Science: Turraea nilotica
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Turraea nilotica
Tropicos: Turraea nilotica
West African Plants database: Turraea nilotica