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| Common names: | Lowveld false-currant (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets obovate to elliptic, 3-9cm long, glossy green above, paler below; domatia conspicuous in the axils of lateral veins below; margins irregularly crenate-dentate. Inflorescences axillary in branched or unbranched, catkin-like racemes. Flowers small cream or yellowish-green. Fruit fleshy, ovoid to near-spherical, orange-red to black when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In riverine thickets, woodland. |
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| Flowering time: | Nov - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 529. (Includes a picture). Exell, A.W. (1966). Sapindaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 502 - 503. As Allophylus rubifolius (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 76. |
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