Chazaliella abrupta (Hiern) E.M.A. Petit & Verdc.
var. abrupta

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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, Mozambique

Photo: Bart Wursten
Catapu, Mozambique

Synonyms:	Psychotria abrupta Hiern Psychotria madandensis S. Moore
Common names:	False bird-berry (E)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Normally a shrub, possibly rarely a small tree. Bark very pale, whitish-grey, corky. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, simple, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, up to 20 cm, pale green, often with a bronze tinge below; domatia very reduced or absent; stipule ovate or triangular, 2 mm with several teeth. Flowers in terminal clusters, white fading to yellow; corolla c. 8 mm in diameter; lobes spreading. Fruit an ellipsoid drupe, slightly ribbed when dry.
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Habitat:	On sandy soils in forest, woodland and thicket, often at the base of rocky hills and on termite mounds.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1350 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	From Ethiopia to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Also Angola.
Zimbabwe distribution:	NES
Growth form:	Ss
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Friday 25 May 2007

Flora of Mozambique: Chazaliella abrupta
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West African Plants database: Chazaliella abrupta