Maerua juncea Pax
subsp. juncea

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Maerua juncea subsp. juncea

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Maerua juncea subsp. juncea

Photo: Bart Wursten
Christon Bank

Maerua juncea subsp. juncea

Photo: Bart Wursten
Christon Bank

Maerua juncea subsp. juncea

Photo: Bart Wursten
Christon Bank

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Synonyms: Maerua flagellaris (Oliv.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
Maerua nervosa var. flagellaris Oliv.
Common names: Smooth-fruit bush-cherry (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Woody climber or scrambling shrub, growing into the canopy of other trees and shrubs. Leaves alternate, grey-green, 1-3 foliolate, narrowly elliptic to ovate, rounded at the apex but with a bristle-tip. Flowers clustered near the ends of branches, white with very small petals and a hemispherical head of long, conspicuous stamens. Fruits ellipsoid with a smooth surface, green to orange when ripe. See subsp. crustata, which is only easily distinguished when in fruit, these being very rough-skinned, resembling small lemons.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: juncea: Juncus- or rush-like
Habitat: In areas of hot and dry Acacia woodland as well as Brachystegia woodland.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:Sep - Nov
Worldwide distribution: Botswana, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution: N,C,S
Growth form(s): Climber, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
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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 123. (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 161. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 238.

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 32.

Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 47. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 44.

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 203.

Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 218 - 219.

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Flora of Botswana: Maerua juncea subsp. juncea
Flora of Caprivi: Maerua juncea subsp. juncea
Flora of Mozambique: Maerua juncea subsp. juncea
Flora of Zambia: Maerua juncea subsp. juncea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Maerua juncea subsp. juncea

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Maerua juncea
African Plant Database: Maerua juncea
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Maerua juncea
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Tropicos: Maerua juncea
Wikipedia: Maerua juncea


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Maerua juncea subsp. juncea.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124630, retrieved 19 March 2024

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