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Pavetta eylesii
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Maleme Dam camp
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Maleme Dam camp
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Maleme Dam camp
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Nsvatuke Hill, Matopos National Park
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Camp Amalinda, Matobo
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Camp Amalinda, Matobo
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Camp Amalinda, Matobo
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| Synonyms: |
Pavetta gracilis Klotzsch |
| Common names: | Flaky-bark bride's-bush (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small deciduous tree, often multi-stemmed. Bark pale-grey-brown, flaking in long vertical strips. Leaves opposite, fairly thinly textured, elliptic to broadly obovate, 10-16cm long with 8-12 pairs of lateral veins, sparsely hairy to velvety, particularly below, bright green above, paler below; bacterial nodules few to many scattered throughout the leaf; domatia absent; margin entire. Flowers in dense axillary heads, up to 10 cm in diameter. Corolla white c. 9 mm in diameter. Fruit subspherical, 8-10 mm in diameter, purple-black when ripe, crowned with the persistent calyx. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | eylesii: named after Frederick Eyles (1864 - 1937) |
| Habitat: | In dry sandy woodland and on rocky outcrops and kopjes. |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga and Gauteng, South Africa. |
| Botswana distribution: | SE |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 5 October 2015 |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 580 - 581. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 277. 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 73. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 98. |
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