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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Burkea (English) False ash (English) Mukarati (Shona) Umnondo (Ndebele) Wild syringa (English) |
Frequency: | Common |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Deciduous tree, to 8 m. Bark rough, both vertically and horizontally fissured. Twigs with brown-hairy apex. Leaves with pinnae in 2-5 pairs. Leaflets arranged alternately, 6-15 per pinna; lamina 1.5-7.5 × 0.7-4.2 cm, elliptic or sometimes ovate-elliptic or ± obovate, appressed-puberulent; base ± asymmetric; apex obtuse and emarginate. Spikes pendulous, to 20 cm. Petals c.4-5 mm, white to pale green. Pod 4-6.5 × 2-3 cm. Seeds c.9-12 mm, elliptic, flattened, brown. |
Notes: | The fruits of Burkea superficially resemble a Terminalia, but Burkea is readily separated by its compound leaves. |
Derivation of specific name: | africana: African |
Habitat: | In sandy soils in woodland and in wooded grassland |
Altitude range: (metres) | 990 - 1630 m |
Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa southwards to Mpumalanga and Gauteng in South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | Cirina forda (Food plant) Sphingomorpha chlorea (Food plant) Leptotes group (Food plant) Gonimbrasia belina (Larval foodplant) Deudorix dinochares (Larval foodplant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 22 October 2006 |
Literature: |
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