Meiostemon tetrandrus (Exell) Exell & Stace
subsp. australis Exell

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Meiostemon tetrandrus subsp. australis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools, by main road to camp

Meiostemon tetrandrus subsp. australis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools, by main road to camp

Meiostemon tetrandrus subsp. australis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools, by main road to camp

Meiostemon tetrandrus subsp. australis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools, by main road to camp

Meiostemon tetrandrus subsp. australis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools, by main road to camp

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Synonyms: Combretum tetrandrum Exell
Common names: False combretum (English) Sibota (Tonga: Zimbabwe)
Frequency: Locally frequent
Status: Native
Description:
Multi-stemmed shrub or small tree up to c. 4.5 m tall. Leaves opposite, elliptic, up to 6 × 3 cm, thinly textured, finely hairy when young, hairless when mature; margin entire; petiole slender up to 5 mm long. Flowers in axillary spikes up to 9 cm long but mostly 2-5 cm long, greenish-yellow, sometimes tinged pink or brownish; stamens 4. Fruits 4-winged, 8-10 mm long, reddish-brown, drying to pale straw-coloured.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: tetrandrus: with 4 stamens.
Habitat: In dense deciduous thickets ('Jesse-bush'), occasionally on rocky 'koppies'.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1200 m
Flowering time:Dec - Jan
Worldwide distribution: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Saturday 3 December 2011
Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 685. (Includes a picture).

Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 813.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 263.

Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 160 - 162. (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 35.


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Flora of Mozambique: Meiostemon tetrandrus subsp. australis
Flora of Zambia: Meiostemon tetrandrus subsp. australis

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Meiostemon tetrandrus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Meiostemon tetrandrus
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Meiostemon tetrandrus
JSTOR Plant Science: Meiostemon tetrandrus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Meiostemon tetrandrus
Plants of the World Online: Meiostemon tetrandrus
Tropicos: Meiostemon tetrandrus
Wikipedia: Meiostemon tetrandrus


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Meiostemon tetrandrus subsp. australis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142100, retrieved 6 October 2024

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