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Gymnosporia harveyana
harveyana
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Seldomseen, Vumba, nr Crimsonwing Cottage
Photo: Bart Wursten
Seldomseen, Vumba, nr Crimsonwing Cottage
Photo: Bart Wursten
Seldomseen, Vumba, nr Crimsonwing Cottage
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| Synonyms: |
Celastrus concinnus N.E. Br. Gymnosporia concinna (N.E. Br.) Bews Maytenus mossambicensis p.p. |
| Common names: | Black forest spike-thorn (English) |
| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
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| Description: |
Shrub or small tree, armed or with straight reddish spines. Leaves up to 5 × 2.5 cm, shiny bright green, paler below, spirally arranged on short lateral spur-branchlets, ovate to elliptic, hairless; margins crenate-dentate; stipules conspicuous and thread-like. Inflorescences dense, axillary, clusters usually shorter than the leaves. Flowers white. Fruit a semi-fleshy, round, somewhat 3-lobed capsule, pendulous on a long stalk, white to reddish brown or carmine when ripe. |
| Notes: | See G. mossambicensis for comparison. |
| Derivation of specific name: | harveyana: after William Harvey (1811-1866), botanist, collector and one of the authors of Flora Capensis. |
| Habitat: | Along the margins and in the understorey of montane forest. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 2400 m |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | (?N,Z),MS,GI |
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| Endemic status: | |
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Other sources of information about Gymnosporia harveyana:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Gymnosporia harveyana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Gymnosporia harveyana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Gymnosporia harveyana
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Gymnosporia harveyana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gymnosporia harveyana
JSTOR Plant Science: Gymnosporia harveyana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Gymnosporia harveyana
Tropicos: Gymnosporia harveyana
West African Plants database: Gymnosporia harveyana
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