Androstachys johnsonii Prain

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Androstachys johnsonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nduna Lodge, Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve

Androstachys johnsonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nduna Lodge, Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve

Androstachys johnsonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Nduna Lodge, Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve

Androstachys johnsonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Chivirira Falls.

Androstachys johnsonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Chivirira Falls.

Androstachys johnsonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Chivirira Falls.

Androstachys johnsonii

Photo: Bart Wursten
Chivirira Falls.

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Synonyms: Androstachys subpeltatus (Sim) Phillips
Weihea subpeltata Sim
Common names: Lebombo ironwood (English) Musimbiti (Shona) Simbi-tree (English)
Frequency: Locally common
Status: Native
Description:
Medium-sized, evergreen tree. Bark distinctive and rough; young branchlets densely covered in whitish, woolly hairs. Leaves opposite with pairs clearly set at right angles, ovate to heart-shaped, green to blue-green above, covered in dense white woolly hairs below; margin entire. Flowers axillary, unisexual on different trees. Male flowers yellow with a long staminal column; female flowers yellow borne at the end of a long, white, hairy stalk. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, yellow to reddish-brown.
Notes: The wood is extremely hard and durable and the straight stems of younger trees are often used for building huts.
Derivation of specific name: johnsonii: after William Henry Johnson (1875-?), Director of Agriculture in the Mozambique Company.
Habitat: On rocky outcrops and hillsides in deciduous woodland, often forming dense stands.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1000 m
Flowering time:Oct - Nov
Worldwide distribution: Mozambique, Zimbabwe,Eswatini, Mpumalanga South Africa and Madagascar.
Zimbabwe distribution: E,S
Growth form(s): Tree.
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Tuesday 21 March 2006
Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 422. (Includes a picture).

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 251.

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 40.

Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 121 - 123. (Includes a picture).


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Androstachys johnsonii.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134720, retrieved 28 March 2024

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