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Olinia chimanimani
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes towards Mt Nhamedimu, Chimanimani Mts
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes towards Mt Nhamedimu, Chimanimani Mts
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| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local. |
| Status: | Native and uncommon |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree up to 5 m high. Bark thin, pale whitish-grey to brown. Branchlets grey to brown, quadrangular, ridged. Leaves sessile, opposite or in whorls of three on very young sapling branches, obovate to oblanceolate occasionally elliptic, 20–40 mm long, leathery, often with a pink tinged apical mucro, glossy green and hairless above, paler green beneath; margin entire, rolled under. Inflorescences terminal, compound, 21–48 mm long, finely velvety. Flowers 5-merous, pinkish when fresh, in groups of three. Sepals highly reduced. Petals 5, slightly thick and fleshy, spathulate, 1.2–4. mm long, hairless, pale yellow when dry, with minute scales on the inside and, densely pubescent on both surfaces. Fruit a globose fleshy drupe, c. 6 mm in diameter, hairless, pinkish, drying pale brown. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | chimanimani: of the Chimanimani Mts. |
| Habitat: | In crags and gullies of quartzite sandstone and at the base large rocks on steep slopes. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 1900 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from the Chimanimani Mts of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Endangered |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 20 September 2018 |
| Literature: |
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 91. Shah, T., Darbyshire, I. & Matimele, H. (2018). Olinia chimanimani (Penaeaceae), a new species endemic to the Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe Kew Bulletin 73(36) Pages 1 - 7. Protologue (Includes a picture). Timberlake, J., Darbyshire, I., Wursten, B., Hadj-Hammou, J., Ballings, P., Mapaura, A., Matimele, H., Banze, A., Chipanga, H., Muassinar, D., Massunde, J., Chelene, I., Osborne, J., Shah, T. (2016). Chimanimani Mountains: Botany and Conservation. Report produced under CEPF Grant 63512. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. Page 49. As Olinia sp. nov. aff. O. vanguerioides Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 96. As Olinia vanguerioides subsp. nov. vel sp. nov. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Olinia chimanimaniBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Olinia chimanimani
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