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Combretum platypetalum
oatesii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Headlands, nr Harare/Mutare Rd
Photo: Bart Wursten
Headlands, nr Harare/Mutare Rd
Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common
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| Synonyms: |
Combretum oatesii Rolfe |
| Common names: | Bepu (Shona) Dwarf red combretum (English) Red wings (English) Redwings (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A dwarf shrub with annual stems, typically less than 30 cm, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves elliptic to obovate, glabrous; margin entire. Flowers in short racemes bright crimson. Fruits 4-winged pink to bright red when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | platypetalum: with broad petals; oatesii: after naturalist Frank Oates (1840-1875), who collected birds and plants in Matabeland |
| Habitat: | An early flowering species of burnt roadsides and transition habitats between grassland and woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 - 1630 m |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 10 September 2006 |
| Literature: |
Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 82, plates 110 & 111 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Combretum platypetalumAfrican Plant Database: Combretum platypetalum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Combretum platypetalum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Combretum platypetalum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Combretum platypetalum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Combretum platypetalum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Combretum platypetalum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Combretum platypetalum
JSTOR Plant Science: Combretum platypetalum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Combretum platypetalum
Tropicos: Combretum platypetalum
West African Plants database: Combretum platypetalum
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