Lopholaena coriifolia (Sond.) E. Phillips & C. A. Sm.

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Lopholaena coriifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare

Lopholaena coriifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare

Lopholaena coriifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare

Lopholaena coriifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Haka Game Park, Cleveland Dam, Harare

Lopholaena coriifolia

Photo: Lynn Read
Near Jacana Yacht Club, Lake Chivero

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Synonyms: Lopholaena dehniae Merxm.
Common names: Chigunguru (Shona) Mugakatombo (Shona) Mukwiradundu (Shona) Nyakatondo (Shona) Small-leaved fluff-bush (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Woody shrub, up to c. 2 m tall. Bark dark, roughish, flaking. Leaves alternate, sessile, obovate, c. 4 × 2 cm, grey-green, hairless, leathery to slightly fleshy, 3-veined from the base; margin entire. Flowers in lax, few-flowered terminal heads, white to pinkish; ray-florets absent. Involucral bracts white, persistent. Fruit with long silky pappus.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: coriifolia: with leaves like a Coris sp. (Primulaceae).
Habitat: In wooded grassland, woodland and rocky hillsides, often on poor or overgrazed soils.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:Jul - Aug
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution: W,C,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Saturday 21 February 2009
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24.

Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 5.

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.

Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 72. (Includes a picture).


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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lopholaena coriifolia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lopholaena coriifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lopholaena coriifolia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lopholaena coriifolia
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iNaturalist: Lopholaena coriifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lopholaena coriifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Lopholaena coriifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lopholaena coriifolia
Plants of the World Online: Lopholaena coriifolia
Tropicos: Lopholaena coriifolia
Wikipedia: Lopholaena coriifolia


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Lopholaena coriifolia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160930, retrieved 28 March 2024

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