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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Small natal mahogany (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Scrambling shrub or small tree. Leaves imparipinnate with 4-6 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets opposite or alternate, ovate to elliptic, mostly c. 7 × 3 cm, rather dull green and finely velvety above, more densely so below, base asymmetric; margins entire. Flowers in short and dense, stalked axillary heads, white to yellowish, small. Fruit a spherical woody capsule, pale green, c. 1.5 cm in diameter, splitting into 3 valves, revealing black seeds, in a dull dark red aril. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | capitata: in the form of a head, capitate |
| Habitat: | Along streambanks in deciduous woodland and thicket. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
| Growth form: | ST |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 30 March 2007 |
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