Rhigozum zambesiacum Baker

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Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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Boane, Maputo Province.

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Mopane rhigozum (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or multi-stemmed small tree up to c. 3 m tall. Branches rigid, armed with short spines. Leaves in clusters on short lateral branchlets or on the spines, imparipinnate with 2-5 pairs of small obovate leaflets and a terminal leaflet, 5-9 mm long; rhachis winged; margin entire. Flowers appearing with the leaves, showy, golden yellow, c. 3.5 cm in diameter, petals wrinkled along the edges, solitary or in few-flowered clusters among the leaves. Fruit a flattened slender capsule, c. 7 × 1.5 cm, pale brown with a sharply pointed tip, dehiscent.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	zambesiacum: of the Zambezi region
Habitat:	In dry scrub, mopane woodland and on rocky outcrops and hillsides.
Flowering time:	Sep - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Botswana distribution:	SE
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated:	Monday 16 September 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 879. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1009. (Includes a picture). Diniz, M.A. (1988). Bignoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Pages 69 - 70. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273. 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 30. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 604 - 605. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 40. Setshogo, M.P. & Venter, F. (2003). Trees of Botswana: names and distribution SABONET Report No. 18 Southern African Botanical Diversity Network, Pretoria Page 35. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 416 - 417. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 480 - 481. (Includes a picture).

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