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Synonyms: |
Turraea eylesii Baker f. |
Common names: | Matobo honeysuckle-tree (English) |
Frequency: | Rare |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub or small tree to 8 m tall. Leaves: petiole up to 1 cm; lamina ovate to elliptic, glabrous beneath; base cuneate to rounded; apex bluntly acuminate. Flowers borne in an axillary 1-2(-3)-flowered fascicle. Calyx 2-4 mm. Petals linear to linear-spathulate, 25-30 × 4 mm. Staminal tube 15-25 mm long, white, distinctly curved, not bearded at the throat; appendages shorter than the anthers. Ovary 9-10-locular. Capsule 8 × 13 mm, depressed-spherical, shallowly furrowed, puberulous. |
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Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | fischeri: named after Dr Gustav Fischer (1848-1886), German doctor and naturalist, who collected in Kenya and Tanzania. |
Habitat: | On granite outcrops |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1400 - 1500 m |
Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
Worldwide distribution: | Endemic to the Matobo Hills. |
National distribution: | W |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | Endemic |
Red data list status: | Data deficient |
Insects associated with this species: | Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Food plant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 448. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 249. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 180. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 143. 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 62. White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1963). Meliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 312. |
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