Maerua edulis (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf
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Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Colin Wenham
Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
Photo: Bart Wursten
Road along Save river to Save-Runde confluence, Gonarezhou National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Road along Save river to Save-Runde confluence, Gonarezhou National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Road along Save river to Save-Runde confluence, Gonarezhou National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Road along Save river to Save-Runde confluence, Gonarezhou National Park.
Photo: Mark Hyde
Camp by Turgwe River, Humani Ranch
Photo: Mark Hyde
Camp by Turgwe River, Humani Ranch
Photo: Mark Hyde
Camp by Turgwe River, Humani Ranch
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Synonyms:
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Courbonia decumbens Brongn. Courbonia glauca (Klotzsch) Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua decumbens (Brongn.) De Wolf Physanthemum glaucum Klotzsch
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Common names:
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Blue bush-cherry (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Suffrutex or small shrub, usually not more than 1 m tall but occasionally up to 2 m, branching near the base. All parts covered in a pale bluish-grey waxy layer that rubs off, hairless. Leaves alternate, ovate, up to 3 × 2 cm, hairless; apex rounded, bristle-tipped; margin entire. Flowers solitary, axillary. Sepals yellowish to whitish-green; stamens numerous, c. 2 cm long. Fruit round, up to 3 cm long, smooth, bluish-green to orange-yellow when ripe. |
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Habitat:
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Occurring in hot and dry woodland, often with Colophospermum mopane. |
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Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
Worldwide distribution:
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DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Mozambique distribution:
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N,T,MS,GI,M |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Saturday 31 January 2009 |
Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 159. (Includes a picture).
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 238. As Courbonia glauca
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 32. As maerua decumbens
Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 214 - 216. As Courbonia glauca (Includes a picture).
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Maerua edulis. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124610, retrieved 2 April 2023
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