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Synonyms: |
Tricalysia angolensis sensu R.B. Drumm. non A. Rich. |
Common names: | Scaly-bark jackal-coffee (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Deciduous shrub or small tree. Bark pale brown, often slightly scaling; branches often with knobbly leaf scars, velvety when young. Leaves opposite, ovate, elliptic to obovate, up to 9 × 4 cm, pale green, usually covered with short soft hairs, sometimes only hairy on the midrib; hair-tuft domatia present; petiole 1-6 mm, velvety. Flowers in tight c. 5-flowered heads along the branches, strongly scented, appearing before the leaves. Corolla greenish-white to cream, 1-1.5cm in diameter. Fruit almost round, c. 7 mm in diameter, crowned with the remains of the calyx, red when ripe. |
Notes: | Note: the division of this species in varieties or subspecies by various authors is confusing to say the least. We therefore maintain it here as a single aggregate species for the time being. |
Derivation of specific name: | niamniamensis: described from a collection by George Schweinfurth in 1870 in the ‘Lande der Niamniam’. Niam Niam extended ± from Lake Chad to the White Nile in what is now South Sudan and in DRC to the equator. |
Habitat: | In open woodland, most often on koppies and rocky hillsides |
Altitude range: (metres) | 750 - 1525 m |
Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 27 June 2010 |
Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 492 - 493. As Tricalysia niamniamensis nodosa Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 980. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 275. As Tricalysia angolensis 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. Robbrecht, E. (1987). The African genus Tricalysia A. Rich. (Rubiaceae) 4. Revision of the species of sectio Tricalysia ans sectio Rosea. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique national de Belgique 57(1/2) Pages 171 - 173. as subsp. niamniamensis and subsp. nodosa |
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