Catunaregam taylorii (S. Moore) Bridson

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Lake Chivero Recreational Park

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By road in to Hippo Pools

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Garura section of Mazowe River Game Reserve, Maramba CL, across Mazowe River from Hippo Pools

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Synonyms:	Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. subsp. taylorii (S. Moore) Verdc. Randia vestita S. Moore Xeromphis obovata sensu Codd
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Description:	Shrub or small tree, armed with woody spines, usually in opposite pairs but sometimes alternate. Branches often spreading or trailing; young stems densely hairy and lenticellate. Leaves in clusters on short side shoots, just below the spines,usually young and just developing at time of flowering, obovate, 3-10 cm long, densely velvety on both surfaces, especially when young, veining indented above. Flowers in 1-3-flowered clusters, white, fading to yellow, sweetly scented. Fruit broadly ellipsoid, c. 2.5 cm in diameter, ribbed, velvety, crowned by the calyx lobes.
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC (Katanga), Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Literature:	Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 644 - 645. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 964. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 275. As Xeromphis obovata 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 71. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 101. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 97. as Catunaregam spinosa subsp. spinosa Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 161. as Catunaregam spinosa subsp. Taylorii

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