| Home | > | List of families | > | Combretaceae | > | Pteleopsis | > | anisoptera |
Pteleopsis anisoptera
Images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Records and maps: Display species records Map species by: altitude rainfall geology Map species using Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Combretum anisopterum M.A. Lawson |
| Common names: | Four-winged pteleopsis (English) Four-winged stink-bushwillow (English) Muchaba (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Mufundabalo (Tonga: Zimbabwe) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Dense, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite or sub-opposite, elliptic, usually 2-5 cm long, dull green, covered with soft silvery hairs when young above, below still hairy when mature; margin entire, often rolled under. Flowers in few-flowered axillary heads, strongly unpleasantly scented, creamy-white to yellow. Fruits 4-5-winged, c. 10mm long, with a distinct peg at the apex (image 3), greenish-yellow, drying to light brown. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In mixed woodland and thickets, often on sandstone and rocky outcrops and hillsides. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 24 February 2009 |
| Literature: |
Comments
comments powered by DisqusOther sources of information about Pteleopsis anisoptera:
Flora of Mozambique: Pteleopsis anisopteraBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pteleopsis anisoptera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pteleopsis anisoptera
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pteleopsis anisoptera
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pteleopsis anisoptera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pteleopsis anisoptera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pteleopsis anisoptera
JSTOR Plant Science: Pteleopsis anisoptera
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pteleopsis anisoptera
Tropicos: Pteleopsis anisoptera
West African Plants database: Pteleopsis anisoptera
| Home | > | List of families | > | Combretaceae | > | Pteleopsis | > | anisoptera |