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Synonyms: |
Diporidium cinnabarina (Engl. & Gilg) Tiegh. |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Dense shrub or shrublet 0.6–1.8 m high, deciduous, with smooth bark; branches virgate, terete, purple-brown and densely whitish-lenticellate at first, becoming dark grey with small lenticels. Leaves petiolate; lamina 1.8–4.3 (6·5) x 0.7–1.5 cm, elliptic to narrowly oblong or more rarely oblanceolate, obtuse to rounded and mucronate at the apex, with margin finely spinulose-serrulate, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, herbaceous, sometimes somewhat glaucous. Flowers solitary, terminating short shoots in axils of previous year's leaves; pedicels 1–1.5 (1.7) cm long in fruit, articulated 3–6 mm from the base. Sepals 8–9 mm long in flower, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, rounded, becoming scarlet, 14–20 mm long, flat and spreading in fruit. Petals bright yellow, 17–18 × 9–10 mm, obovate-rhombic. Stamens with anthers c. 2.5 mm long, about 3/4 as long to as long as the filaments, straight. Drupelets flattened-ovoid-cylindric, inserted near the base, 9–11 × 5–7 (8) mm. |
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Derivation of specific name: | cinnabarina: vermillion, presumably refering to the bright scarlet red fruiting sepals. |
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Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Nov - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W |
Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 458 - 459. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 260. 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 64. Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 236. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 90. |
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