| Synonyms: |
Fagara holtziana Engl. |
| Common names: | Coral knobwood (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree, occasionally scandent. Stems armed with conical spiny bosses; branches armed with straight or curved spines. Leaves imparipinnate with 3-4 pairs of opposite leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets oblong-elliptic to ovate, 7-15 cm long, translucent gland-dots present all over the leafblade; margin finely and obscurely toothed or scalloped. Rhachis rarely with 1-2 small prickles. Flowers in branched terminal sprays, white, unisexual on different trees. Fruit spherical, 5 mm in diameter, orange to red, densely gland-dotted. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | holtzianum: after Wilhelm Holtz, plant collector in tropical Africa at the beginning of the 20th century. |
| Habitat: | In woodland and forest or in thickets on coral rock. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 0 - 250 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique |
| FZ divisions: | N,MS (other?) |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 30 May 2018 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 361. (Includes a picture). Mendonça, F. A. (1963). Rutaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 188 - 189. As Fagara holtziana |