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Cassipourea malosana
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John Meikle Forestry Estate, Stapleford
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Digby's Falls, Chimanimani National Park.
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Digby's Falls, Chimanimani National Park.
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Digby's Falls, Chimanimani National Park.
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Bunga Forest car park
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Bunga Forest car park
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| Synonyms: |
Cassipourea congoensis sensu auct. Cassipourea elliottii (Engl.) Alston Cassipourea gerrardii (Schinz) Alston Weihea gerrardii Schinz |
| Common names: | Onionwood (English) |
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| Description: |
Shrub or small evergreen tree with a slender, straight stem and horizontal branches. Bark greyish-brown, smooth when young, darker and rough on older trees. Leaves opposite, elliptic, ovate to obovate, up to 14 × 5 cm, bright to dark glossy green above, paler below, leathery, hairless; margins toothed with forward facing teeth. Interstipular scar present but stipules fall early. Flowers yellowish-green in small, dense axillary clusters along the branches. Fruit an ovoid capsule, c. 10 mm, thinly fleshy, velvety, orange when young, drying to black. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | malosana: of Mt Malosa, near Zomba in southern Malawi. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Ethiopia south to Eswatini and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 234. (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 660. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 12. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 788. 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 18. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 262. As Cassipourea congoensis Gonçalves, A.E. & Torre, A.R. (1979). 62. Rhizophoraceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 12 - 14. Lewis, J. (1956). Rhizophoraceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 11 - 12. 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 70. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 454 - 455. (Includes a picture). 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. Torre, A. & Gonçalves, M. L. (1978). Rhizophoraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 95 - 96. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Page 294. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 447 - 449. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98. |
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