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Common names: | Pompom tree (English) Pompon tree (English) |
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Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic to obovate, bluish olive-green above, paler below; midrib and veins very pale. Flowers in terminal, dense, spherical heads, pale to deep pink or mauve. Fruit a very small reddish-brown nutlet. |
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Derivation of specific name: | cotinifolia: leaves like a kotinus (Gr), the Wild olive |
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Flowering time: | Oct - Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho |
Malawi distribution: | N |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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 276. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 262. 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 80. Peterson, B. (updated by Verdcourt, B.) (2006). Thymelaeaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 94 - 95. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 100. |
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