Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC.

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Terminalia sericea

Photo: Theo van der Merwe
Farm Bokplaas, Inhassoro, on the Temane gasfield

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Synonyms: Terminalia velutina sensu Eyles
Common names: Silver cluster-leaf (English) Silver terminalia (English)
Frequency: Common
Status: Native
Description:
Small to medium-sized deciduous tree. Branches reddish-brown, peeling in strips. Leaves crowded at the ends of branches obovate-elliptic, bluish-green above, paler below, often, but not always, densely covered in silvery hairs. Flowers in axillary spikes, pale-yellow to creamy-white. Fruit an oval nut surrounded by a flat wing. The fruits are often parasitised and form a deformed mass of thin galls (image 5).
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: sericea: with silky appressed hairs (sericeous)
Habitat: In a variety of types of open woodland, particularly in sandy soils. It may be one of the co-dominant species with Brachystegia, Mopane, Combretum or Acacia.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:Sep - Jan
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania and DRC southwards to Angola and Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa
Mozambique distribution: N,Z,T,MS,GI,M
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species: Hamanumida daedalus (Food plant)
Laeliopsis punctuligera (Larval foodplant)
Trichopisthia igneotincta (Larval foodplant)
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Content last updated: Saturday 27 June 2009
Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 691. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35.

Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 147 - 151. (Includes a picture).

Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 9.

Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 498 - 499. (Includes a picture).

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 263.

Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 166 - 167. (Includes a picture).

Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 169 - 173. (Includes a picture).

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 362. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 35.

Roodt, V. (1998). Trees and Shrubs of the Okavango Delta Shell Field Guide Series: Part I Shell Oil Botswana, Gaberone. Pages 50 - 53. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 48.

Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 25.

Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 138 - 139. (Includes a picture).

Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 56.

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 204.

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Flora of Botswana: Terminalia sericea
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Terminalia sericea
Plants of the World Online: Terminalia sericea
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Wikipedia: Terminalia sericea


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Terminalia sericea.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142210, retrieved 19 March 2024

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