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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Woody shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate, with a long petiole, ovate-elliptic, grey-green, hairless, leathery; margin entire. Capitula in many-flowered branched terminal heads, white to purple; ray-florets absent. |
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Habitat: | In rocky montane areas, often growing in crevices. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to the border mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 11 July 2009 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 1023. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 37. Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 81. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. 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 26. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89. |
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