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Holarrhena pubescens
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Photo: Darrel Plowes
Bikita District
Photo: Darrel Plowes
35 kms S of Mutare
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve.
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve.
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| Synonyms: |
Holarrhena febrifuga Klotzsch |
| Common names: | Chigafusi (Shona) Fever-pod (English) Jasmine-tree (English) Mugashu (Shona) Muhatsu (Shona) Mukashumukono (Shona) Mukashumurume (Shona) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree with milky latex. Leaves opposite, broadly elliptic to ovate, sparsely to densely hairy, glossy dark green above paler below. Flowers in dense, many-flowered, axillary heads, white, sweetly scented; calyces and flower stalks densely hairy; corolla lobes overlapping to the right. Fruit in paired, long slender follicles, up to 30 cm, conpicuously dotted with lenticels. Seeds with long silky hairs to aid dispersal by wind. |
| Notes: | Note that there is a specimen of this species as a cultivated plant in SRGH and on that basis we have included it in the cultivated part of the site. |
| Derivation of specific name: | pubescens: pubescent, with soft short hairs |
| Habitat: | In rocky places in woodland, often near water courses. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 400 - 1100 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Kenya, Tanzania to Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| 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 9 November 2006 |
| Literature: |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Holarrhena pubescens pageFlora of Mozambique: Holarrhena pubescens
African Plant Database: Holarrhena pubescens
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Holarrhena pubescens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Holarrhena pubescens
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Holarrhena pubescens
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Holarrhena pubescens
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Holarrhena pubescens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Holarrhena pubescens
JSTOR Plant Science: Holarrhena pubescens
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Holarrhena pubescens
Tropicos: Holarrhena pubescens
West African Plants database: Holarrhena pubescens
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