Rutidea orientalis
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Nyamkombe River, Aberfoyle, Honde Valley
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Nyamkombe River, Aberfoyle, Honde Valley
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Nyamkombe River, Aberfoyle, Honde Valley
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Path to spice garden, Nyamkombe River, Aberfoyle, Honde Valley
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Path to spice garden, Nyamkombe River, Aberfoyle, Honde Valley
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Path to spice garden, Nyamkombe River, Aberfoyle, Honde Valley
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Nyamkombe River at Aberfoyle Country Club, Honde Valley.
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Nyamkombe River at Aberfoyle Country Club, Honde Valley.
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| Synonyms: |
Rutidea syringoides (Webb) Bremek. |
| Common names: | Fringe tail (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A scrambling shrub or climber. Leaves opposite, broadly elliptic to oblanceolate, glossy dark green above, paler with yellowish hairs and conspicuous domatia below. Stipules broad-based, fringed with a large number of hair-like tails, sometimes curling. Flowers in dense clusters, small, white, strongly scented. Fruits yellow to orange, turning purple-black when ripe, crowned with the persistent calyx lobes. See Rutidea fuscescens for comparison. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | orientalis: oriental, eastern |
| Habitat: | In deep shade in gully and riverine forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 350 - 1700 m |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 2 March 2012 |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 621 - 623. (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 252. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 1016. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1125. 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 24. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 277. As Rutidea syringoides Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 186. (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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 227. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 169. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 99. |
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