| Synonyms: |
Diporidium serrulatum Hochst. |
| Common names: | Mickey Mouse plant (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Cultivated and rarely naturalised |
| Description: |
Small tree or shrub, attaining 2 m, but usually shorter. Bark smooth; branchlets bearing dense white lenticels. Leaves: petiole 1 mm long; lamina 2.5-5 × 1-1.5 cm, narrowly elliptic; margin serrate. Flowers solitary, born on spur branchlets, yellow, showy, sweetly scented. Sepals persistent, enlarging in fruit and turning red. Fruit of 1-6 almost spherical, black drupelets. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | serrulata: finely serrate |
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| Flowering time: | Aug-Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Eswatini and South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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