Guettarda speciosa
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Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mecufi district
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mecufi district
Photo: Ton Rulkens
Mecufi district
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Leaves crowded at the ends of small branches, obovate, 5-32 cm long, rounded to cordate at the base, mostly hairless above, often velvety beneath; petiole usually up to 3 cm long, rarely longer; stipules broadly elliptic, 0.7-2.3 cm long. Flowers in upper axillary heads on peduncles up to 19 cm long. Calyx cup-shaped, yellowish-green, pink-tinged. Corolla white, cream, yellowish- or greenish-white, sometimes pink-tinged, appressed silky pubescent outside; tube narrowly cylindric, 2-4.6 cm long; lobes oblong, 4-9 mm long. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, woody, up to 3 cm in diameter, green, streaked-brownish-red. |
| Type location: |
India or Java |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | speciosa: showy, good-looking |
| Habitat: | In dune scrub, on beaches and coral rock above the high tide mark and at the edges of mangrove swamps. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 3 - 20 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread throughout the beaches of the indian and Pacific Oceans as far North as China and Japan. In Africa from Kenya to Southern Mozambique. |
| FZ divisions: | N,MS,GI |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 31 July 2016 |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 410 - 412. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 1017. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Guettarda speciosaAfrican Plant Database: Guettarda speciosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Guettarda speciosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Guettarda speciosa
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iNaturalist: Guettarda speciosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Guettarda speciosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Guettarda speciosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Guettarda speciosa
Plants of the World Online: Guettarda speciosa
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Wikipedia: Guettarda speciosa