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Combretum mossambicense
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Along path from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along path from Chitengo to Pungwe River, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road 3, Gorongosa National Park
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Near dam wall at sanctuary, Gorongosa national Park
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| Synonyms: |
Combretum armatum Phillips Combretum cataractarum Diels Combretum detinens Dinter |
| Common names: | Knobbly bushwillow (English) Shaving-brush combretum (English) |
| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Usually a deciduous scrambling shrub with long trailing branches. Leaves opposite, simple, elliptic, finely hairy when young; margins entire but wavy. The persistent petioles often harden into strong, blunt spines after the leaves have fallen. Flowers normally appear before the leaves, in showy, dense axillary heads, white with the long stamens bearing conspicuous orange anthers. Fruit usually 5-winged, pale straw-coloured. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | mossambicense: of Mozambique |
| Habitat: | On kopjes and termite mounds in hot dry areas, often on the outer fringes of riverine thickets. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and northern Cape, South Africa |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M |
| Growth form: | CST |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 25 November 2011 |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 807. Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae FZ 4 Pages 156 - 157. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 276 - 277. (Includes a picture). Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 50. (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, S Africa Pages 466 - 467. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 334 - 335. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Combretum mossambicense:
African Plant Database: Combretum mossambicenseBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Combretum mossambicense
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Combretum mossambicense
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Combretum mossambicense
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Combretum mossambicense
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Combretum mossambicense
JSTOR Plant Science: Combretum mossambicense
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Combretum mossambicense
Tropicos: Combretum mossambicense
West African Plants database: Combretum mossambicense
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