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Synonyms: |
Argyrodendron bicolor Klotzsch Croton kwebensis N.E. Br. |
Common names: | Rough-leaved croton (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub or small tree, up to 4 m tall. Bark brownish-grey; branchlets covered with pale whitish to yellowish hairy scales. Leaves alternate, elliptic to lanceolate, up to 9.5 cm long cm, yellowish-green above with a rough surface of sparse stellate hairs, densely covered in white to yellowish hairy scales below, with two small glands next to the petiole; margin entire. Flowers in short terminal spikes, unisexual, usually on the same tree, pale yellowish-green, c. 4 mm in diameter. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, c. 6 mm in diameter, covered in greyish to yellowish scales and often with scattered black dots. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | menyharthii: after Lászlò Menyhárth, 1849–1897, Austro-Hungarian missionary and plant collector. |
Habitat: | Occurring in dense riverine thickets, on rocky outcrops and in dry woodland with Acacia, Mopane, Combretum, Dichrostachys and Terminalia. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 350 - 1150 m |
Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,E |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Tuesday 28 December 2010 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 442. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 330 - 331. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 252. As Croton menyhartii Mannheimer, C. & Curtis B. (2009). Le Roux and Müller's Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Namibia Macmillan Education, Windhoek, Namibia. Pages 258 - 259. (Includes a picture). 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 41. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 278 - 279. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 56. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 207. |
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