Tarchonanthus trilobus DC.
var. galpinii (Hutch. & E. Phillips) Paiva

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Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii

Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare

Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

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Synonyms: Tarchonanthus galpinii Hutch. & E. Phillips
Common names: Broad-leaved camphor bush (English)
Frequency: Rare
Status: Native
Description:
Shrub or small tree up to c.8 m. Leaves: petiole usually 10-23 mm; lamina up to 18 ± 7 cm, obovate-elliptic to oblong-obovate upper surface bullate, eglandular; lower surface whitish with prominent nerves; base cuneate; apex rounded (in var. galpinii) margin often irregularly dentate towards apex. Male capitula with 10-16 florets. Female capitula with 1 floret; achenes c.2.5-3(-5) mm, ± flattened-obovoid, densely covered in long, sericeous-woolly hairs.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: trilobus: apex of leaf 3-lobed (only applies to the South African var. trilobus)
Habitat: Dry rocky hillsides and evergreen forest margins
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: South Africa, Eswatini and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution: E,S
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Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Sunday 20 January 2019
Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 1022. (Includes a picture).

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 28.

Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 10 - 11. (Includes a picture).


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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tarchonanthus trilobus
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Wikipedia: Tarchonanthus trilobus


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Tarchonanthus trilobus var. galpinii.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=159090, retrieved 28 March 2024

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