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Salacia kraussii
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Bazaruto Island
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Bazaruto Island
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Diplesthes kraussii Harv. Salacia alternifolia Hochst. |
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Suffrutex with annual shoots from a rhizome or a shrub up to 1(-3) m tall. Stems, leaves and inflorescence with latex threads.. Leaves all alternate, petiolate; lamina 4-9 cm long, shiny above, paler and dull below, oblong to elliptic or obovate, coriaceous. Flowers bisexual, borne in axillary fascicles; flower buds 2.5-3 mm long, spherical or subspherical, broader than long. Sepals unequal. Petals 5-7, yellow or greenish-yellow, 3-4.5 long, obovate. Disk conic-cylindric, surrounding the ovary. Stamens 3. Ovary ovoid-trigonous. Fruit orange, 3.5-5 cm in diameter, spherical, 2-3-seeded. |
| Notes: | Although mainly a coastal species, there is one record known from SE Zimbabwe at Malugwe Pan in the Gonarezhou National Park. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal). |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | S |
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| Images last updated: | Tuesday 20 August 2013 |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 101. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 513. (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 34. Robson, N.K.B. (1966). Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 401 - 402. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 25. |
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