Thespesia acutiloba
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Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Inhaca Island
Photo: Ton Rulkens
close to Xai-Xai, Gaza Province.
Photo: Ton Rulkens
close to Xai-Xai, Gaza Province.
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| Synonyms: |
Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa var. acutiloba Baker f. |
| Common names: | Small-leaved tulip-tree (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree, 2-5 m tall. Leaves: lamina broadly ovate to subcircular in outline, 3-lobed (rarely entire), lepidote above and beneath; 5-veined from the base; margin entire; base truncate or shallowly cordate. Flowers solitary and axillary or forming terminal racemes or panicles. Epicalyx bracts 3-5, linear to subulate, caducous. Petals up to 4.5 × 3 cm, obovate. Fruit c. 15 mm in diameter, subspherical, red, hairless, ± fleshy. |
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| Habitat: | In woodland and thickets on recent coastal sands |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Coastal Mozambique and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) |
| FZ divisions: | GI,M |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 6 January 2020 |
| Literature: |
Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J. (2020). A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-019-09598-5. Brittonia. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 565. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 704. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 85. Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 421 - 423. (Includes a picture). |
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