Searsia tomentosa (L.) F.A. Barkley

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'The Gwasha', Chinyakwaremba, Vumba

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Synonyms:	Rhus tomentosa L.
Common names:	Bicoloured currant (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree. Leaves 3-foliate, markedly discolorous. Leaflets more or less broadly lanceolate, elliptic or obovate, dark grey-green above, silvery-white and densely velvety with midrib and lateral veins prominent below; margin entire or with a few large teeth in the apical half. Flowers in dense terminal and axillary heads, greenish, furry, unpleasantly scented. Fruit ovoid c. 4 × 6 mm, in large clusters, covered in grey velvety hairs.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	tomentosa: velvety, densely covered in short hairs.
Habitat:	Occurring in rocky areas on hillsides and along margins of forest.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	May - Nov
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:	Lower Risk - least concern
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Images last updated:	Saturday 26 December 2009
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 47. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 254. Fernandes, R. & A. (1966). Anacardiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 594. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 171. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 17.

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