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Synonyms: |
Terminalia spinosa sensu Eyles |
Common names: | Ivikane-elincinyane (Ndebele) Kasansa (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Musosahwai (Shona) Small-leaved terminalia (English) Spiny cluster-leaf (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub or small semi-deciduous tree. Bark dark brownish-grey, longitudinally cracked and fissured. Leaves clustered on small lateral spur-branchlets, occasionally with 1-5 spines below the leaf clusters. Leave narrowly obovate, only 1-2.5 cm long, pale green to bluish-green, hairless when mature; margin entire; petiole 2-5 mm long. Flowers small, white to cream, sometimes tinged pink, in short almost rounded spikes,up to 3cm long, among the leaf clusters. Fruit elliptic-oblong, up to 2.5 × 1.2 cm, purplish when young, drying to pale straw-brown; wing conspicuously notched at the apex. |
Notes: | Note: the leaf clusters are typically all situated along the top side of the horizontal branches only. The leaves turn plum-coloured in autumn. |
Derivation of specific name: | randii: named after Dr R.F. Rand (1856-1937), English Medical doctor and early plant collector in Zimbabwe. |
Habitat: | In dry deciduous woodland, often on almost bare rocky ground and rocky hill sides. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Tuesday 8 June 2010 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35. 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 169 - 170. (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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 48. |
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