Homalanthus populifolius Graham
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Guys Cliff Rd, Borrowdale
Photo: Mark Hyde
Guys Cliff Rd, Borrowdale
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
Photo: Mark Hyde
De Villiers Road, New Alexandra Park
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Synonyms:
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Common names:
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Bleeding-heart tree (English)
Queensland poplar (English)
Umbrella tree (English)
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Frequency:
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Local |
Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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Glabrous tree, 2-4 m. Stipules caducous, leaving prominent scars. Leaves: petiole 3-9 cm, reddish; glands small, sessile; lamina 4-14 × 2-10 cm, ovate-rhombic to ovate-triangular, green above, glaucous beneath, turning red with age; apex acuminate; margin entire. Inflorescences 6-12 cm; bracts 1 mm, broadly ovate. Fruit 8-9 mm, dull green or grey-green ± smooth. Seeds
smooth. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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populifolius: leaves resembling a poplar (Populus sp.) |
Habitat:
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Commonly planted in gardens and sometimes escaping in disturbed places and along stream banks and in riverine vegetation; a most frequent and convincing escape in the E Highlands. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
1480 - 1710 m |
Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
Worldwide distribution:
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Papua New Guinea and N and E Australia. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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C,E |
Growth form(s):
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Tree.
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Saturday 23 September 2006 |
Literature:
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Homalanthus populifoliusMansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops:
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Homalanthus populifoliusWikipedia:
Homalanthus populifolius
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Homalanthus populifolius. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135710, retrieved 3 February 2023
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