Catunaregam taylorii (S. Moore) Bridson
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Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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Lake Chivero Recreational Park
Photo: Helen Pickering
NW of Livingstone: on road to Vistana farm (turn right (north) about 2 kms before the western park gate). Drive about 5 kms to top of a hill, quarry on right, keep going about 1-2 kms stop just before a gate, walk through trees, 100m further on
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NW of Livingstone: on road to Vistana farm (turn right (north) about 2 kms before the western park gate). Drive about 5 kms to top of a hill, quarry on right, keep going about 1-2 kms stop just before a gate, walk through trees, 100m further on
Photo: Helen Pickering
NW of Livingstone: on road to Vistana farm (turn right (north) about 2 kms before the western park gate). Drive about 5 kms to top of a hill, quarry on right, keep going about 1-2 kms stop just before a gate, walk through trees, 100m further on
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4km before Wengezi junction coming from Chimanimani
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Along road to Buye Rotanda, Sussundenga District
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Along road to Buye Rotanda, Sussundenga District
Photo: Mark Hyde
By road in to Hippo Pools
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By road in to Hippo Pools
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Garura section of Mazowe River Game Reserve, Maramba CL, across Mazowe River from Hippo Pools
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Garura section of Mazowe River Game Reserve, Maramba CL, across Mazowe River from Hippo Pools
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Garura section of Mazowe River Game Reserve, Maramba CL, across Mazowe River from Hippo Pools
Photo: Bart Wursten
Garura section of Mazowe River Game Reserve, Maramba CL, across Mazowe River from Hippo Pools
Photo: Bart Wursten
By trail to Mt Binga along Nhamadzi River, lower Chimanimani Conservation Area.
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By trail to Mt Binga along Nhamadzi River, lower Chimanimani Conservation Area.
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Conservation Education Centre (CEC), Gorongosa National Park.
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Conservation Education Centre (CEC), Gorongosa National Park.
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Nhago Camp, Coutada 12
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Nhago Camp, Coutada 12
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Nhago Camp, Coutada 12
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Chironde area, Coutada 12, Cheringoma
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Nhahomba area, Chimanimani National Reserve
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Nhahomba area, Chimanimani National Reserve
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. subsp. taylorii (S. Moore) Verdc. Randia vestita S. Moore Xeromphis obovata sensu Codd
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Common |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Shrub or small tree, armed with woody spines, usually in opposite pairs but sometimes alternate. Branches often spreading or trailing; young stems densely hairy and lenticellate. Leaves in clusters on short side shoots, just below the spines,usually young and just developing at time of flowering, obovate, 3-10 cm long, densely velvety on both surfaces, especially when young, veining indented above. Flowers in 1-3-flowered clusters, white, fading to yellow, sweetly scented. Fruit broadly ellipsoid, c. 2.5 cm in diameter, ribbed, velvety, crowned by the calyx lobes. |
Notes:
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See the similar C. swynnertonii for comparison. |
Derivation of specific name:
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Habitat:
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Various types of woodland, including Brachystegia, mopane and miombo, overgrazed land, grassland, in sandy soils and on granite outcrops. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
400 - 1525 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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DRC (Katanga), Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,C,E,S |
Growth form(s):
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Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Saturday 24 August 2013 |
Literature:
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Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 644 - 645.
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 964. (Includes a picture).
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 275. As Xeromphis obovata
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 71.
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 101. (Includes a picture).
Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 97. as Catunaregam spinosa subsp. spinosa
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 161. as Catunaregam spinosa subsp. Taylorii
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Catunaregam taylorii. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155290, retrieved 19 April 2024
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