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Synonyms: |
Tricalysia cacondensis Hiern |
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Frequency: | Very local in Zimbabwe |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small shrubby suffrutex, up to 40 cm tall, growing from a woody rhizome and often forming dense patches. Leaves opposite, obovate to elliptic 3-9 cm long, somewhat dimorphic with some smaller and broader, leathery, hairless on both surfaces except for the base of the raised midrib above; veins raised above, more than beneath; domatia absent; margin recurved, entire; petiole 1.5-3 mm long. Inflorescences 1-5-flowered, in somewhat supra-axillary sessile clusters. Corolla white; tube 4-5 mm long, hairless outside and dense hairs in the throat; lobes 5, 4.5-7 mm long. Fruit ellipsoid to subglobose, white turning purple to blackish, 6-8 mm in diameter, crowned by the spreading to upward curving calyx lobes. |
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Habitat: | In woodland on Kalahari sand |
Altitude range: (metres) | 930 - 1440 m |
Flowering time: | Apr - Jun |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, DRC and Tanzania |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W |
Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 6 November 2011 |
Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 479 - 481. As Tricalysia cacondensis (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 74. As Tricalysia cacondensis Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 99. as Tricalysia cacondensis Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 224. as Tricalysia cacondensis |
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