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Hymenocardia ulmoides
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Levasflor, Cheringoma, Sofala, Mozambique.
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Hymenocardia capensis Hutch. |
| Common names: | Small red-heart (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Usually a small tree to medium-sized tree. Leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, broadly tapering, bright or dark green above, paler below with a few scattered gland dots and minute domatia in the axils of the veins; margins entire somewhat rolled under; petiole reddish. Flowers unisexual on different trees, male flowers, pinkish in small catkin-like spikes; female flowers solitary, green. Fruit sub-orbicular or heart-shaped, flat, almost completely surrounded by a wing, emarginate at the apex, rose-red, streaked with yellow or green. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ulmoides: resembling an Elm tree (Ulmus sp.) . |
| Habitat: | In sandy soils, riverine fringes, coastal forest, high rainfall woodland, on rocky outcrops and in forested gullies. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Cameroon to Sudan and South to Angola and KwaZulu-Natal, S Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,MS,GI,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 29 January 2009 |
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Other sources of information about Hymenocardia ulmoides:
African Plant Database: Hymenocardia ulmoidesBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Hymenocardia ulmoides
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Hymenocardia ulmoides
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Hymenocardia ulmoides
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hymenocardia ulmoides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hymenocardia ulmoides
JSTOR Plant Science: Hymenocardia ulmoides
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hymenocardia ulmoides
Tropicos: Hymenocardia ulmoides
West African Plants database: Hymenocardia ulmoides
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