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Common names: | Leafberry tree (English) |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small tree. Bark mottled greenish-brown, thinly scaly. Leaves alternate, elliptic or broadly lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, light green, thinly textured, variously hairy, hairtuft domatia in the axils of the veins below; margin entire. Flowers very small, 2-3 mm in diameter, white in small clusters. The flower stalk is combined with the petiole so the flowers and fruits actually appear to arise from the base of the leaves. Fruit ovoid, c. 4 mm long, glabrous, fleshy, splitting to show the bright red seed. |
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Derivation of specific name: | fischeri: named after Dr Gustav Fischer (1848-1886), German doctor and naturalist, who collected in Kenya and Tanzania. |
Habitat: | In woodland or riverine and evergreen forest at low altitudes. |
Altitude range: | Up to 500 m |
Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
Malawi distribution: | S |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Monday 4 September 2017 |
Literature: |
Breteler, F.J. (1986). The African Dichapetalaceae IX; A taxonomical revision Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 86(3) Pages 56 - 61. as Tapura fischeri (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 400. As Tapura fischeri (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 52. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 250. 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 39. Torre, A.R. (1963). Dichapetalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 327 - 328. (Includes a picture). |
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