| Home | > | List of families | > | Dichapetalaceae | > | Dichapetalum | > | cymosum |
Dichapetalum cymosum
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (8)
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Road along Railway line near Mpindo Siding
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Road along Railway line near Mpindo Siding
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Sikumi Forest Reserve, Sable Sands Lodge
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Sikumi Forest Reserve, Sable Sands Lodge
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Chailletia cymosa Hook. Dichapetalum bullockii Hauman Dichapetalum venenatum Engl. & Gilg |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Suffrutex with erect unbranched stems from a creeping woody rhizome. Leaves subsessile; Leaves subsessile, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 5–13 cm long, rounded and minutely mucronate at the apex, almost hairless on both surfaces, pale green beneath, often with two glands near the base; lateral veins c. 6 pairs, tertiary venation markedly reticulate and prominent beneath; stipules linear, c. 4 mm long, hairy. Inflorescences axillary, up to 5 cm long, c. 8-flowered; peduncle sparsely hairy or hairless, partially adnate to the stem for c. 5 mm; pedicels c. 2 mm long; bracts c. 2 mm long. Sepals narrow, c. 7 mm long, free almost to the base, hairy at the apex, becoming hairless towards the base. Petals narrowly oblong, c. 7 mm long, 2-fid for 2/3 their length, creamy-whitish, hairless. Stamens as long as petals. Fruit obovoid, 4 cm long. |
| Notes: | Extremely poisonous to cattle. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | On Kalahari sand. |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Caprivi Namibia and northern South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 23 March 2018 |
| Literature: |
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 39. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 54. Shone, D.K. & Drummond, R.B. (1965). Poisonous Plants of Rhodesia Ministry of Agriculture, Rhodesia Pages 8 - 9. (Includes a picture). Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 206. Torre, A.R. (1963). Dichapetalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 324 - 326. Also as Dichapetalum bullockii (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 50. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Dichapetalum cymosum:
Our websites:
Flora of Caprivi: Dichapetalum cymosumFlora of Zambia: Dichapetalum cymosum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dichapetalum cymosum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dichapetalum cymosumAfrican Plant Database: Dichapetalum cymosum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dichapetalum cymosum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dichapetalum cymosum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dichapetalum cymosum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Dichapetalum cymosum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dichapetalum cymosum
JSTOR Plant Science: Dichapetalum cymosum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dichapetalum cymosum
Plants of the World Online: Dichapetalum cymosum
Tropicos: Dichapetalum cymosum
Wikipedia: Dichapetalum cymosum
| Home | > | List of families | > | Dichapetalaceae | > | Dichapetalum | > | cymosum |