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Synonyms: |
Bourreria petiolaris (Lam.) Thulin Ehretia petiolaris Lam. |
Common names: | Coast false puzzle-bush (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub or tree up to 10 m tall. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, ovate to oblong-obovate, up to 14 cm long, hairless; margin entire; petiole long and slender, up to 6 cm long, deeply grooved along the top. Flowers in branched subterminal heads, small, white. Fruit somewhat depressed globose, 4-5 mm long, tipped by the persistent style. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | petiolaris: with a (distinct) petiole |
Habitat: | Occurring mostly on coral based soils in littoral and coastal scrub but also in riverine forest and dense woodland on limestone somewhat further from the coast. |
Altitude range: | |
Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
Worldwide distribution: | Coastal Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius, tropical Asia and tropical Australia. |
Mozambique distribution: | N,MS,GI,M |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Thursday 24 July 2014 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 831. (Includes a picture). Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 73 - 74. As Bourreria petiolaris (Includes a picture). Miller, J.S. (2003). Classification of Boraginaceae subfam. Ehretioideae: Resurrection of the genus Hilsenbergia Tausch ex Meisn. Adansonia, sér. 3 25(2) Page 184. |
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