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Synonyms: |
Celtis dioica S. Moore Celtis durandii Engl. |
Common names: | Rough-leaved white-stinkwood (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Large tree, often with a well buttressed trunk. Bark smooth, grey. Leaves ovate to oblong, 8-19 cm, dark green, covered with small rough hairs; apex forming a long drip-tip; margin entire or obscurely toothed in the apical half. Flowers in small axillary clusters, greenish, unisexual on the same tree. Fruit conical-ovoid, often 4-angled when dry, c. 1 cm, dark yellow, tipped with the remains of the stigma. |
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Habitat: | In evergreen forest. |
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Flowering time: | Jul - Oct |
Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, São Tomé, DRC, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 67. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 127. 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 18. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 233. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 177. 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 81. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 3. as Celtis dioica Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 181. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 75. Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1991). Ulmaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 8 - 10. (Includes a picture). |
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