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Searsia magalismontana
trifoliolata
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Picture: Lene Lauritsen
At the end of the Claremont Rd. approx 30 km south east of Bulawayo.
Picture: Lene Lauritsen
At the end of the Claremont Rd. approx 30 km south east of Bulawayo.
Picture: Lene Lauritsen
At the end of the Claremont Rd. approx 30 km south east of Bulawayo.
Picture: Rob Burrett
On the road to Old Bulawayo on a serpentinite ridge overlooking Criterion Dam.
Picture: Rob Burrett
On the road to Old Bulawayo on a serpentinite ridge overlooking Criterion Dam.
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| Synonyms: |
Rhus fanshawei R. Fern. & A. Fern. Rhus magalismontana Sond. subsp. trifoliolata (Baker f.) Moffett Rhus trifoliolata Baker f. Searsia fanshawei (R. Fern & A. Fern.) Moffett |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small shrub up to 1.5 m tall. Petiole 1-4 cm. Leaflets sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, the central one 5-13 × 0.3-0.6 cm, the lateral ones as long or shorter, sometimes falcate; apex acute and mucronate; margin entire or slightly undulate; midrib raised above and beneath. Panicles lax with divaricate branches. Pedicels 2.5-4 mm long. Female flowers: calyx segments obtuse; petals c. 1.5 mm long, obtuse; styles deflexed. Fruit a shiny glabrous drupe, 3-4 mm in diameter. |
| Type location: |
Zimbabwe |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | magalismontana: of the Magaliesberg mountains; trifoliolata: with 3-foliolate leaves. |
| Habitat: | On rocky hills and in woodland |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Confined to Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa (Limpopo province) |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 7 November 2013 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. Fernandes, R. & A. (1966). Anacardiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 601. As Rhus trifoliolata Fernandes, R. & A. (1966). Anacardiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 610. As Rhus fashawei 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 17. |
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