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Alchornea laxiflora
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Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path in "sacred forest", Mahenye.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path in "sacred forest", Mahenye.
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| Synonyms: |
Alchornea schlechteri Pax Lepidoturus laxiflorus Benth. |
| Common names: | Lowveld bead-string (English) Murarahomba (Shona) Muruka (Shona) |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Deciduous shrub or small tree. Bark smooth, pale grey, flaking. Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, up to 17 × 8 cm, acuminate, 3-veined from the base, thinly textured, light green, turning an attractive yellow or red in autumn; margin shallowly crenate-serrate. Flowers in axillary spikes, unisexual on the same plant. The reddish bracts more conspicuous than the small flowers. Fruit a 2-4-lobed capsule, 5-7 mm in diameter, thinly woody, blackish-brown. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | laxiflora: with lax or open inflorescences |
| Habitat: | In riverine vegetation and mixed deciduous woodland, often on rocky outcrops. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Nigeria to Ethiopia and down to Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
| 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: | Friday 27 October 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 432. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 4. 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. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 252. 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 153 - 154. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 85. |
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