Chazaliella abrupta
abrupta
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Catapu
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Catapu
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Along numbered trail, Mphingue, Catapu
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Along numbered trail, Mphingue, Catapu
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Along footpath from Muwawa to Zomba
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Along footpath from Muwawa to Zomba
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Along footpath from Muwawa to Zomba
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Along footpath from Muwawa to Zomba
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Along footpath from Muwawa to Zomba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along track Muanza rangerpost to old Urema river crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza
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| Synonyms: |
Psychotria abrupta Hiern Psychotria madandensis S. Moore |
| Common names: | False bird-berry (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Normally a shrub, possibly rarely a small tree. Bark very pale, whitish-grey, corky. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, simple, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, up to 20 cm, pale green, often with a bronze tinge below; domatia very reduced or absent; stipule ovate or triangular, 2 mm with several teeth. Flowers in terminal clusters, white fading to yellow; corolla c. 8 mm in diameter; lobes spreading. Fruit an ellipsoid drupe, slightly ribbed when dry. |
| Type location: |
Mozambique |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | On sandy soils in forest, woodland and thicket, often at the base of rocky hills and on termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 20 - 1350 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Ethiopia to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Also Angola. |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,T,MS,GI |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 5 August 2017 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 912. As Chazaliella abrupta (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 71. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 219. As Chazaliella abrupta Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 35 - 37. (Includes a picture). |
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