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Vangueria pygmaea
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Chakoma, NE of Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chakoma, NE of Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chakoma, NE of Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chakoma, NE of Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Pachystigma pygmaeum (Schltr.) Robyns Pachystigma rhodesianum (S.Moore) Robyns Vangueria nana K.Schum. ex Robyns Vangueria rhodesiana S. Moore Vangueria setosa Conrath |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Dwarf suffrutex, usually less than 20 cm tall, erect or prostrate, growing from a long rhizome. Leaves in pairs, rarely in whorls of 3, 4-10(16) cm long, oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate, more or less densely set with somewhat bristly hairs; petiole very short (0-7 mm). Flowers in axillary 3-7-flowered clusters, mostly at ground level; calyx set with bristly hairs; corolla greenish outside, creamy-white inside, lobes 4-6 mm long, narrowly triangular, with a greenish apical appendage. Fruit yellow-brown or black, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, subglobose to obliquely pear-shaped. |
| Notes: | See Pygmaeothamnus zeyheri for a comparison with this species. |
| Derivation of specific name: | pygmaea: pygmy, dwarfed, very small. |
| Habitat: | In open ground, in short grassland, near vleis and around pans, often on sandy soils and termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 - 2280 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, North-West and Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 24 January 2011 |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 242 - 244. as Pachystigma pygmaeum (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 248. as Pachystigma pygmaeum (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 73. as Pachystigma pygmaeum Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 99. as Pachystigma pygmaeum |
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Flora of Malawi: Vangueria pygmaeaFlora of Mozambique: Vangueria pygmaea
Flora of Zambia: Vangueria pygmaea
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vangueria pygmaeaAfrican Plant Database: Vangueria pygmaea
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vangueria pygmaea
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