Zanthoxylum capense (Thunb.) Harv.

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Maleme Dam camp site

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Slopes of Mt Belingwe.

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Synonyms:	Fagara capensis Thunb. Fagara magalismontana Engl.
Common names:	Chikafusi (Shona) Mudzanganyia (Shona) Mulungwana (Shona) Muritsa (Shona) Small knobwood (English) Umhungwane (Ndebele) Umnungumabele (Ndebele)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Small to medium-sized tree. Bark, greyish, smooth, armed with cone-shaped knobs, tipped with short straight spines. Leaves essentially imparipinnate but terminal leaflet often missing, citrus aromatic when crushed; rhachis grooved on top; leaflets in 4-8 opposite or alternate pairs, ovate to elliptic, up to 4 × 2 cm, basal pair smallest, increasing in size towards the ultimate pair, translucent gland dots present along the crenate-dentate margin. Flowers in short, branched terminal heads, small, greenish-white. Fruit c. 5 mm in diameter, brownish-red, splitting to reveal a shiny black seed.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	capense: of the Cape
Habitat:	In a variety of mostly dry wooded habitats, often in rocky places.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Zimbabwe, Mozambique, ?Botswana and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	W,C,E,S
Growth form(s):	Climber, tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:	Papilio demodocus demodocus (Food plant) Papilio echeroides chirindanus (Larval foodplant) Papilio nireus lyaeus (Larval foodplant)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Wednesday 4 July 2018
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 359. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 38. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 248. As Fagara capensis 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 75. Mendonça, F. A. (1963). Rutaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 185 - 187. As Fagara capensis (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 100. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Pages 28 - 29. as Fagara capense

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