Pavetta umtalensis Bremek.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Bunga Forest, Vumba

Photo: Bart Wursten
John Meikle Forestry Estate, Stapleford

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Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree. Bark whitish to pale grey, smooth or finely cracked into squarish pieces. Leaves opposite, elliptic, up to c. 11 cm long, glossy dark green, hairless, with scattered, dot-like to elliptic bacterial nodules, hair-tuft domatia present. Inflorescences on short side branches, with 1-2 pairs of leaves near the apex. Flowers white to greenish-white, sweetly scented; corolla tube 4-7 mm long, slightly shorter than the lobes; style up to 2.5 cm long. Fruit c. 10 mm in diameter, round, glossy black when ripe.
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Derivation of specific name:	umtalensis: of Umtali (now Mutare), a city and district in Eastern Zimbabwe.
Habitat:	In montane evergreen forest.
Altitude range: (metres)	1200 - 2000 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Border mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Endemic status:	Near Endemic
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 13 March 2012
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