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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Sky-berry (English) |
Frequency: | Occasional |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub or small evergreen tree. Leaves opposite, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, thinly textured, usually hairless, sometimes finely hairy below; margin entire, slightly rolled under. Flowers in compact, subsessile, axillary clusters, white, bearded inside the corolla. Fruit a spherical 4-6-lobed drupe, c. 10mm in diameter, bright blue, crowned with the remains of the calyx. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | kilimandscharicus: of Mt kilimanjaro, Tanzania. |
Habitat: | In the understorey of evergreen and riverine forest. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 900 - 2300 m |
Flowering time: | Sep - Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 25 May 2008 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 242. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 910. As Lasianthus kilimandscharicus (Includes a picture). 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. As Lasianthus kilimandscharicus Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 277. As Lasianthus kilimandscharicus 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 72. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 164. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 75. Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 43 - 45. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98. |
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