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| Synonyms: |
Tarenna supra-axillaris (Hemsl.) Bremek. |
| Common names: | Narrow-leaved butterspoon (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small evergreen tree. All parts glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, narrowly elliptic, up to 10 cm long, shiny green, leathery; domatia absent; stipules ovate, 2-5 mm long, falling early. Flowers in pendunculate, branched, axillary heads; corolla c. 7 mm long, creamy-white; lobes reflexed. Fruit spherical, black when ripe, crowned with the remains of the calyx. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | supra-axillare: supra-axillary, i.e. arising above the axil |
| Habitat: | Occurring in woodland, riverine and lowland forest. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Oct Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal, S Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,MS,M |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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