| Home | > | List of families | > | Rhamnaceae | > | Lasiodiscus | > | usambarensis |
| Synonyms: |
Lasiodiscus holtzii Baker f. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small evergreen tree. Bark grey, smooth with raised lenticels. Leaves opposite to sub-opposite, elliptic to ovate, up to 9-14 cm long, thinly textured, veining indented above, prominent below; margin finely toothed or scalloped. Flowers small and inconspicuous, in axillary clusters, greenish-white with a small fleshy disk, c. 2 mm in diameter. Fruit a capsule, c. 10 mm in diameter, finely hairy, green. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | usambarensis: of the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania |
| Habitat: | In the understorey of evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern and southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Chirinda Forest, Zimbabwe. |
| Mozambique distribution: | |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. As Lasiodiscus usambarensis gossweileri Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 22. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & White, F. (1990). New and noteworthy plants from the evergreen forests of Malawi Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 60(1/2) Page 81. Drummond, R.B. (1966). Rhamnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 433 - 439. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 257. 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 69. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 158. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 75. |
| Home | > | List of families | > | Rhamnaceae | > | Lasiodiscus | > | usambarensis |