Chazaliella abrupta (Hiern) E.M.A. Petit & Verdc.
var. abrupta

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Catapu

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Along numbered trail, Mphingue, Catapu

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Along footpath from Muwawa to Zomba

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Sand Forest, Gorongosa National Park Loop

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Vunduzi River, opposite bank from Bunga Camp, Gorongosa National park.

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Cheringoma Escarpment

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Along track Muanza rangerpost to old Urema river crossing, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza

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Chironde Camp, Coutada 12

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Synonyms:	Psychotria abrupta Hiern Psychotria madandensis S. Moore
Common names:	False bird-berry (English)
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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
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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
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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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Chazaliella abrupta (Hiern) E.M.A. Petit & Verdc. var. abrupta