Gymnosporia harveyana Loes.
subsp. harveyana

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Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana

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nr Crimsonwing Cottage, Seldomseen, Vumba

Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana

Photo: Bart Wursten
nr Crimsonwing Cottage, Seldomseen, Vumba

Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana

Photo: Bart Wursten
nr Crimsonwing Cottage, Seldomseen, Vumba

Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Stream below Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.

Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Stream below Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.

Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Stream below Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.

Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cloudlands Forest, Vumba

Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cloudlands Forest, Vumba

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Synonyms: Celastrus concinnus N.E. Br.
Gymnosporia concinna (N.E. Br.) Bews
Maytenus mossambicensis p.p.
Common names: Black forest spike-thorn (English)
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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: 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: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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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 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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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana

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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: Gymnosporia harveyana subsp. harveyana.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=136930, retrieved 28 March 2024

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