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Sterculia rogersii
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Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.
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Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.
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Between Hot Springs Resort and Odzi R.
Photo: Alan Gardiner
Tonorai Primary School, nr Birchenough Bridge
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Viewpoint at Chivirira Falls, Mahenye
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Viewpoint at Chivirira Falls, Mahenye
Photo: Mark Hyde
Humani Ranch
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Small-leaved star-chestnut (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small deciduous tree with a swollen trunk. Bark peeling to reveal a mottled patch work of pale-grey, purple and creamy-green. Leaves fairly small, more or less 3-lobed, broadly ovate in outline, 5-7-veine from the base. Flowers on the old wood and on young branches, solitary or in few-flowered clusters, greenish-yellow, with conspicuous streaks of pink to red, appearing before the leaves. Fruit consisting of 3-5 beaked carpels, each splitting down one side, creamy to pale-brown velvety on the outside; mouth fringed with highly irritant hairs. Seeds black with a white aril. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | rogersii: after Rev. Frederick Arundel Rogers (1876-1944), British-born South African missionary, botanist, prolific collector of plants in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, the Belgian Congo and Rhodesia. |
| Habitat: | In hot, dry woodland, particularly in rocky areas. |
| Flowering time: | Jul - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Limpopo, Mpumalanga South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | SE |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 595. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 53. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 717. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 423 - 426. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 260. 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 80. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 414 - 415. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 108. Setshogo, M.P. & Venter, F. (2003). Trees of Botswana: names and distribution SABONET Report No. 18 Southern African Botanical Diversity Network, Pretoria Page 124. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 554. (Includes a picture). |
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