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Rytigynia macrura
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Castleburn Forest, Vumba
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Castleburn Forest, Vumba
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Castleburn Forest, Vumba Mts.
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| Synonyms: |
Rytigynia sp.no.1 sensu R.B. Drumm. |
| Common names: | Large-fruit coffee-medlar (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree with branches and branchlets typically spreading horizontally. Leaves opposite, held in a horizontal plane; elliptic to narrowly ovate with a distinct drip-tip. Both surfaces thinly covered in short hairs. Flowers solitary, pubescent, corolla lobes with long green "tails", which are already visible when still in bud. The style is distinctly exserted. Fruits yellowish to pale green, spherical when fresh, turning 2-lobed when dry. |
| Notes: | It is listed at Lower Risk, near threatened but seems to be better protected and more common at higher altitudes than at lower levels. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In the understorey of evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1050 - 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m, shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Page 297. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 252. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 945. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1082. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 104. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 22. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 276. as Rytigynia sp. no. 1 Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 176. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 92. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 169. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 496 - 498. (Includes a picture). |
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