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Synonyms: |
Tricalysia allenii (Stapf) Brenan Tricalysia junodii (Schinz) Brenan var. kirkii (Hook. f.) Robbr. |
Common names: | Northern fluffy-flowered jackal-coffee (English) |
Frequency: | Frequent |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Somewhat scrambling shrub, rarely a small tree. Leaves opposite, variable in shape and size, mostly broadly elliptic to ovate, velvety hairy on the undersurface. Flowers bell-shaped in 1-5 flowered clusters, borne on distinct axillary stalks, appearing before or with the new leaves. Corolla white, often tinged pink with long, fluffy hairs in the throat. Fruit almost round, crowned with the remains of the calyx, hairy black when ripe. |
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Habitat: | In riverine thickets and open deciduous woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1220 m |
Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Caprivi-Namibia, Botswana and Limpopo, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 2 February 2023 |
Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 468 - 470. As Tricalysia allenii Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 982. As Empogona allenii (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Page 620. as Tricalysia junodii Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 275. As Tricalysia junodii and allenii 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 allenii Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 99. as Tricalysia junodii kirkii 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 junodii kirkii |
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