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Pavetta gardeniifolia[Agg]
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Kutsaga
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Kutsaga
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Kutsaga
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Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
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Nr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo
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Khami Ruins
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11, Blue Haze Lane, Umwinsidale
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11, Blue Haze Lane, Umwinsidale
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| Synonyms: |
Pavetta assimilis Sond. Pavetta rhodesiaca Bremek. |
| Common names: | Common pavetta (English) Stink-leaf bride's bush (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite or in fascicles on small lateral spurs, obovate to oblanceolate, showing scattered linear or near-circular, dark bacterial nodules. Leaves have an unpleasant smell when crushed. Domatia absent. Stipules triangular, 2-5 mm. Flowers in terminal heads on leafless branchlets, white or cream, strongly scented. Corolla tube up to 1.5 cm long; lobes c. 7 mm long; style exserted up to 10 mm. Capsules in clusters, subspherical, shiny black, crowned with the persistent remains of the calyx. |
| Notes: | Two varieties are both widespread in Zimbabwe: var. gardeniifolia has the leaves, flowering branchlets and stalks glabrous; var. subtomentosa K. Schum. has rough hairs on the leaves, stalks and branchlets. |
| Derivation of specific name: | gardeniifolia: with leaves like a Gardenia |
| Habitat: | In open woodland, often among rocks, on granite kopjes and on termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1800 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | |
| 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: | Friday 8 September 2006 |
| Literature: |
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Flora of Mozambique: Pavetta gardeniifoliaAfrican Plant Database: Pavetta gardeniifolia
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pavetta gardeniifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pavetta gardeniifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pavetta gardeniifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pavetta gardeniifolia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pavetta gardeniifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pavetta gardeniifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Pavetta gardeniifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pavetta gardeniifolia
Tropicos: Pavetta gardeniifolia
West African Plants database: Pavetta gardeniifolia
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