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Dodonaea viscosa
angustifolia
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Chinyakwaremba, Vumba
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Chinyakwaremba, Vumba
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Road to Tsetsera, Himalayas
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Vumba rd at Vumba Gateway Gardens
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Cecil Kop Nature Reserve, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Dodonaea angustifolia L.f. Ptelea viscosa L. |
| Common names: | Mukonachando (Shona) Sand olive (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Leaves simple yellowish-green, glabrous, resinous; lamina narrowly elliptic; apex acute or acuminate; base decurrent into the petiole. Inflorescences terminal on the branches. Flowers greenish-yellow at first, often turning reddish later. Stamens 6. Style 4-6 mm long. Fruits with 2-3 papery wings. |
| Notes: | The currently accepted name for this taxon is not clear and our selected name is arbitrary. The presence of the long style clearly distinguishes the female (and presumably bisexual) flowers from the male flowers |
| Derivation of specific name: | viscosa: viscid, sticky |
| Habitat: | At the margins of evergreen forest and in riverine and grassland scrub. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1900 m |
| Flowering time: | Mar - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| 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: | Thursday 19 October 2006 |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 655 - 656. (Includes a picture). Exell, A.W. (1966). Sapindaceae FZ 2(2) Pages 242 - 243. as Dodonaea viscosa (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, S Africa Pages 370 - 371. as Dodonaea angustifolia (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 308 - 309. as Dodonaea angustifolia (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 220 - 221. as Dodonaea angustifolia (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 529 - 531. as Dodonaea viscosa (Includes a picture). |
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