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Schrebera trichoclada
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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National Botanic Garden, Harare.
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Matusadona
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Near Rhino Hotel, Old Runde Bridge, Mwenezi
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
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New Years Gift Estate, Chipinge district
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| Synonyms: |
Nathusia trichoclada (Welw.) O. Kuntze Schrebera buchananii Baker |
| Common names: | Wooden pear (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or bushy tree, 2-10 m. Leaves simple; petiole 5-15 mm; lamina 4.5-14 × 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic to ovate, glabrous or pubescent and glabrescent above, softly hispid beneath; base acute; apex rounded, acuminate or apiculate; margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal, few-several-flowered cyme with pedicels 2-16 mm. Corolla lobes (5-)6(-7), 5-8 mm, each with an area of dark hairs extending almost to petal margins. Anthers 2-3 mm. Fruit a pear-shaped capsule, 4-6 cm, containing 4 winged seeds. |
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| Habitat: | In deciduous woodland, often on rocky or sandy soils. |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Caprivi-Namibia, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Botswana distribution: | N |
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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 772. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 49. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 267. Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Oleaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 301 - 304. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 90. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 130. |
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