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Canthium armatum
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Photo: Geoff Nichols
Phinda Game Reserve, northern KZN, South Africa
Photo: Geoff Nichols
Phinda Game Reserve, northern KZN, South Africa
Photo: Geoff Nichols
Phinda Game Reserve, northern KZN, South Africa
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| Synonyms: |
Plectroniella armata (K. Schum.) Robyns |
| Common names: | False turkey-berry (English) |
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Shrub or small tree, 1-5(-8) m tall. Spines present, 1-4 cm long, borne above short lateral branches. Leaves: lamina 3-5 × 1.5-4.5 cm, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, rounded at apex, usually glabrous; domatia present. Inflorescences many-flowered, corymbose cymes; peduncles 8-35 mm long. Calyx lobes triangular, up to 1 mm, acute. Corolla creamy-white; tube with dense fine hairs at throat. Fruit orange, 10-15 mm long, 1-3-seeded, varying in shape with number of mature seeds. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | armatum: bearing spines or thorns; armed |
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| Worldwide distribution: | South Africa, Eswatini and southern Mozambique |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 337 - 339. as Plectroniella armata (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 916. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 98. as Plectroniella armata Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 29. As Plectroniella armata |
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