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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Brick-red ochna (English) Muhara (Shona) Muminu (Shona) Muparamhozva (Shona) Murambambare (Shona) Musvodzabveni (Shona) Muvezeramhanga (Shona) Umdlonza (Ndebele) |
Frequency: | Common |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small tree. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong or elliptic, margins rather bluntly serrulate, sometimes appearing scalloped, net-veining conspicuous above. Young leaves coppery. Flowers bright yellow, very short-lived, normally appearing before or with the young leaves. Fruits ovoid, attached at the base, black when ripe, the enlarged, persistent sepals turning cherry to brick red. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | schweinfurthiana: named after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), german botanical collector and taxonomist. |
Habitat: | In open deciduous woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 1650 m |
Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
Worldwide distribution: | Sahelian & Zambesian: Mali to South Sudan to Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Angola. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,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: | Tuesday 29 September 2015 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 219. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 608. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 302 - 304. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 21. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 260. Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 146 - 147. (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 Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 248 - 249. Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 66 - 67. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 128. |
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