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Synonyms: |
Claoxylon lasiococcum Pax Claoxylon mildbraedii Pax Claoxylon trichogyne Müll. Arg. Erythrococca hirta Pax Erythrococca lasiococca (Pax) Prain Erythrococca ledermanniana Prain Erythrococca mildbraedii (Pax) Prain Erythrococca stolziana Pax & K.Hoffm. |
Common names: | Red twin-berry (English) Twin red-berry (English) |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Much-branched shrub or small tree. Bark yellowish-grey smooth wen young, somewhat rough when older. Leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate, usually c. 3 × 1.5 cm, sometimes larger, dull green to yellowish-green, thinly textured, sparsely hairy and somewhat rough on both surfaces; margin with irregular glandular teeth. Flowers in small axillary branched heads, very small, pale yellow, bisexual on different trees. Fruit 1-2-lobed, c. 5 × 10 mm, splitting to leave the seeds attached to the branch. Seeds covered in an orange-red aril, resembling a berry. |
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Habitat: | In riverine thickets and bushclumps on termite mounds and rocky outcrops and in high rainfall Brachystegia woodland and forest fringes. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 900 - 1500 m |
Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, eastern DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi. Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Friday 21 October 2011 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 446. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. As Erythrococca trichogyne Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 503. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 21. As Erythrococca hirta Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 252. As Erythrococca trichogyne 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 170 - 171. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 56. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 86 - 87. |
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