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Ochna inermis
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Photo: Tony Benn
on lower slope of Kgale Hill, Gaborone.
Photo: Tony Benn
on lower slope of Kgale Hill, Gaborone.
Photo: Tony Benn
on lower slope of Kgale Hill, Gaborone.
Photo: Tony Benn
on lower slope of Kgale Hill, Gaborone.
Photo: Tony Benn
on lower slope of Kgale Hill, Gaborone.
Photo: Tony Benn
on lower slope of Kgale Hill, Gaborone.
Photo: Tony Benn
on lower slope of Kgale Hill, Gaborone.
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| Synonyms: |
Euonymus inermis Forssk. |
| Common names: | Boat-fruit plane (English) Stunted plane (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Mostly a rounded shrub, rarely a small tree. Branches greyish to whitish, covered in white lenticels. Leaves broadly elliptic to almost round, up to c. 5 cm long; margin finely but sharply toothed. Flowers axillary on short side branchlets, solitary or in pairs, golden yellow, c. 2 cm in diameter, short-lived. Fruit 1-5 carpels, up to 10 × 7 mm, attached near the base, purple-black when ripe, surrounded by the pink to red, persistent sepals. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | inermis: unarmed, without spines |
| Habitat: | In dry Acacia, Commiphora or Mopane scrub, among rocks or in sandy or rocky soils. |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Northern population in Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, northern Kenya and Uganda; Southern population in Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | SE |
| 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 7 January 2021 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 603. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 40. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26. 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 64. Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 237 - 238. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 90. |
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