Combretum platypetalum Welw. ex M.A. Lawson
subsp. oatesii (Rolfe) Exell

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Combretum platypetalum subsp. oatesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Headlands, nr Harare/Mutare Rd

Combretum platypetalum subsp. oatesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Headlands, nr Harare/Mutare Rd

Combretum platypetalum subsp. oatesii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common

Combretum platypetalum subsp. oatesii

Photo: Bill Clarke
South of Middle dam, Val D'Or

Combretum platypetalum subsp. oatesii

Photo: Bill Clarke
South of Middle dam, Val D'Or

Combretum platypetalum subsp. oatesii

Photo: Bill Clarke
South of Middle dam, Val D'Or

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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: named after Frank Oates (1840-1875), British naturalist and traveller who collected plants, birds and reptiles in Matabeleland.
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
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Images last updated: Sunday 10 September 2006
Literature:

Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 54 - 55. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 679. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 9.

Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 151 - 153.

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 35.

Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 82, plates 110 & 111

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 47.

Shone, D.K. & Drummond, R.B. (1965). Poisonous Plants of Rhodesia Ministry of Agriculture, Rhodesia Pages 6 - 7. as Combretum oatesii (Includes a picture).

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 204.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Combretum platypetalum subsp. oatesii.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142030, retrieved 29 March 2024

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