Gymnosporia harveyana Loes.
subsp. harveyana
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Seldomseen, Vumba, nr Crimsonwing Cottage
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Seldomseen, Vumba, nr Crimsonwing Cottage
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Seldomseen, Vumba, nr Crimsonwing Cottage
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Stream below Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.
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Stream below Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.
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Stream below Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.
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Cloudlands Forest, Vumba
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Cloudlands Forest, Vumba
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Synonyms:
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Celastrus concinnus N.E. Br. Gymnosporia concinna (N.E. Br.) Bews Maytenus mossambicensis p.p.
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Common names:
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Black forest spike-thorn (English)
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Description:
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Shrub or small tree, armed or with straight reddish spines. Leaves up to 5 × 2.5 cm, shiny bright green, paler below, spirally arranged on short lateral spur-branchlets, ovate to elliptic, hairless; margins crenate-dentate; stipules conspicuous and thread-like. Inflorescences dense, axillary, clusters usually shorter than the leaves. Flowers white. Fruit a semi-fleshy, round, somewhat 3-lobed capsule, pendulous on a long stalk, white to reddish brown or carmine when ripe. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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harveyana: after William Harvey (1811-1866), botanist, collector and one of the authors of Flora Capensis. |
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Flowering time: | Jul - Sep |
Worldwide distribution:
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Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
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Literature:
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 125. as Gymnosporia harveyana
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 507. (Includes a picture).
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 33.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=136930, retrieved 23 March 2023
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