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Synonyms: |
Capparis rudatisii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. |
Common names: | Zizag caper-bush (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Scrambling shrub or woody climber, armed with sharp, paired hooked thorns. Branches often distinctly zigzag, densely covered in rusty hairs, particularly when young. Leaves (narrowly) elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, up to 6 cm long, leathery, rounded and often emarginate at the apex, sparsely pubescent or almost hairless. Flowers on leafless side branchlets, resembling spikes or racemes. Sepals densely rusty hairy on the outside; petals whitish. Stamens c. 8, up to 1 cm long. Fruit spherical, 6-15 mm in diameter, purple-black when ripe. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | fascicularis: clustered, referring to the clustered flowers. |
Habitat: | Occurring in dry deciduous woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Jul - Oct |
Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Eswatini, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | S |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 21 January 2009 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 152. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 237. 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 32. Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 239. As Capparis rudatisii |
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