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Agauria salicifolia
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Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Picture: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Agarista salicifolia (Lam.) G. Don |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small tree to about 12 m tall. Bark rough and fissured. Leaves narrowly lanceolate to oblong, 20–120 mm long, somewhat leathery, discolorous, pale greyish green beneath, hairless except on the midrib beneath; margin entire; petioles 5–10 mm long, pubescent or hairless, often dark purple-red. Inflorescences 15–30–flowered racemes, 100–150 mm long; pedicels 2–6 mm long; peduncles and pedicels normally pubescent, rarely hairless. Bracts at the base of the pedicel, broadly to narrowly ovate, 3–5 mm long, pubescent. Calyx segments 5, fused for about 1/3 of their length, triangular, c. 2·5 mm long, shortly and rather sparsely pubescent on the outer surface, margins densely ciliate. Corolla obconical to slightly urceolate, hairless, 8–10 mm long, pale green tinged pink or red or yellow to creamy-white, lobes 5, small, triangular. Ripe capsule 5–7 mm in diameter splitting into 4 valves. |
| Type location: |
Réunion |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | salicifolia: with leaves like a Salix (willow). |
| Habitat: | At margins of evergreen forest, in riverine forest at higher altitudes and occasionally in grassland. |
| Altitude range: | 1200 - 2500 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | In higher mountain areas of tropical africa to Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. Also in Madagascar and Mascarene Islands. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Mc,C |
| 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: | Thursday 6 September 2018 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 141. as Agarista salicifolia (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 726. As Agarista salicifolia (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 19. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 46. as Agarista salicifolia Ross, R. (1983). Ericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 158 - 160. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 82. as Agarista salicifolia White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 230 - 232. as Agarista salicifolia (Includes a picture). |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Agauria salicifolia
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