Meiostemon tetrandrus
australis
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Mana Pools, by main road to camp
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Mana Pools, by main road to camp
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Mana Pools, by main road to camp
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mana Pools, by main road to camp
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Mana Pools, by main road to camp
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ruia River, Kariba.
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| Synonyms: |
Combretum tetrandrum Exell |
| Common names: | False combretum (English) |
| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Multi-stemmed shrub or small tree up to c. 4.5 m tall. Leaves opposite, elliptic, up to 6 × 3 cm, thinly textured, finely hairy when young, hairless when mature; margin entire; petiole slender up to 5 mm long. Flowers in axillary spikes up to 9 cm long but mostly 2-5 cm long, greenish-yellow, sometimes tinged pink or brownish; stamens 4. Fruits 4-winged, 8-10 mm long, reddish-brown, drying to pale straw-coloured. |
| Type location: |
Zimbabwe, Hwange |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | tetrandrus: with 4 stamens. |
| Habitat: | In dense deciduous thickets ('Jesse-bush'), occasionally on rocky 'koppies'. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | T |
| 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 3 December 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 685. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 813. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 263. Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 160 - 162. (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. |
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