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Mallotus oppositifolius
oppositifolius
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Mallotus (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Bark pale greenish-grey, slightly roughish and scaly. Leaves opposite, up to 17 × 13 cm, one of a pair distinctly smaller than the other, heart-shaped to broadly ovate, sometimes somewhat 3-lobed, covered with mixed simple and stellate hairs, domatia present in the axils of the main veins below, 3-5-veined from the base with 4 small glands near the base above; margin more or less entire, wavy. Flowers in axillary spike-like racemes, greenish-yellow with purple anthers, unisexual, sexes on different trees. Fruit deeply 3-lobed c. 10 mm in diameter, greenish-yellow. |
| Notes: | The taxon in Zimbabwe is f. polycytotrichus Radcl.-Sm., which is confined to the Chirinda Forest. |
| Derivation of specific name: | oppositifolius: with opposite leaves |
| Habitat: | Occurring in mixed evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 m (approx) |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | See notes below. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Critically Endangered |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 4 August 2009 |
| Literature: |
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Flora of Mozambique: Mallotus oppositifoliusBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Mallotus oppositifolius
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Mallotus oppositifolius
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Mallotus oppositifolius
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Mallotus oppositifolius
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Mallotus oppositifolius
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mallotus oppositifolius
JSTOR Plant Science: Mallotus oppositifolius
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Mallotus oppositifolius
Tropicos: Mallotus oppositifolius
West African Plants database: Mallotus oppositifolius
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