Schrebera trichoclada Welw.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Bart Wursten
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Duncan Schroeter
Matusadona
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near Rhino Hotel, Old Runde Bridge, Mwenezi
Photo: Bart Wursten
Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
Photo: Rita Herbert
Lusaka
Photo: Patricia Bingham
Lusaka
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Lusaka
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Chironde Camp to Mungari Airstrip, Coutada 12
Photo: Mark Hyde
New Years Gift Estate, Chipinge district
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Synonyms:
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Nathusia trichoclada (Welw.) O. Kuntze Schrebera buchananii Baker
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Common names:
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Kobva (Hlengwe)
Mukakata (Shona)
Mupatupatu (Tonga: Zimbabwe)
Umkakata (Ndebele)
Umtshenje (Ndebele)
Wooden pear (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Shrub or bushy tree, 2-10 m. Leaves simple; petiole 5-15 mm; lamina 4.5-14 × 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic to ovate, glabrous or pubescent and
glabrescent above, softly hispid beneath; base acute; apex
rounded, acuminate or apiculate; margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal, few-several-flowered cyme with pedicels 2-16 mm. Corolla lobes (5-)6(-7), 5-8 mm, each with an area of dark hairs extending almost to petal margins. Anthers 2-3 mm. Fruit a pear-shaped capsule, 4-6 cm, containing 4 winged seeds. |
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Habitat:
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In deciduous woodland, often on rocky or sandy soils. |
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Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
Worldwide distribution:
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Angola, Botswana, Caprivi-Namibia, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters:
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Images last updated: |
Monday 28 December 2015 |
Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 772. (Includes a picture).
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 49.
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 267.
Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Oleaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 301 - 304. (Includes a picture).
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 90.
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 130.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2021).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Schrebera trichoclada. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=144120, retrieved 15 April 2021
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