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| Synonyms: |
Rhigozum linifolium S. Moore Rhigozum spinosum Burch. ex Sprague |
| Common names: | Lugakumkulu (Ndebele) Nyamangela (Hlengwe) Simple-leaved rhigozum (English) Umtundla Umdhlulantundla (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or multi-stemmed small tree up to c. 3 m tall. Branches rigid, squarish and twisted, armed with short spines. Leaves in opposite clusters on small woolly spurs, sub-sessile, simple or rarely 3-foliolate, narrowly oblanceolate, 2-5 cm long, grey-green, mostly hairless when mature; apex rounded to notched; margin entire. Flowers appearing with the leaves, showy, golden yellow, 2-4 cm in diameter, petals wrinkled along the edges, solitary or in few-flowered clusters among the leaves. Fruit a flattened slender capsule, c. 7 × 1.2 cm, light green to pale brown with a sharply pointed tip, dehiscent. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | brevispinosum: with short spines. |
| Habitat: | Occurring in dry scrub and open woodland, on sandy soils or lime stone rocky outcrops. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 1250 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Northern Cape and Limpopo, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,S |
| 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: | Saturday 31 January 2009 |
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