Schrebera trichoclada
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Along road from Chironde Camp to Mungari Airstrip, Coutada 12
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| Synonyms: |
Nathusia trichoclada (Welw.) O. Kuntze Schrebera buchananii Baker |
| Common names: | Wooden pear (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or bushy tree, 2-10 m. Leaves simple; petiole 5-15 mm; lamina 4.5-14 × 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic to ovate, glabrous or pubescent and glabrescent above, softly hispid beneath; base acute; apex rounded, acuminate or apiculate; margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal, few-several-flowered cyme with pedicels 2-16 mm. Corolla lobes (5-)6(-7), 5-8 mm, each with an area of dark hairs extending almost to petal margins. Anthers 2-3 mm. Fruit a pear-shaped capsule, 4-6 cm, containing 4 winged seeds. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | In deciduous woodland, often on rocky or sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Caprivi-Namibia, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,T,MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 9 November 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 772. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 49. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 267. Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Oleaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 301 - 304. (Includes a picture). Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 256. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 170. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 90. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 130. |
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