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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Grey-bark saucer-berry (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Scrambling shrub or small tree. Stems and branches distinctly angled and fluted; bark smooth, blue-grey with large parts peeling off to reveal dove-grey underbark; young trees smooth, greenish-grey. Leaves broadly elliptic to obovate, 5-12 cm long, hairless when mature, midrib and petiole grooved; base often asymmetric; margin entire. Flowers in terminal or axillary heads, white to creamy-yellow, funnel-shaped, c. 6 mm in diameter. Fruit ovoid-conical with a sharp point, 1.5 cm long, cupped in the toothed calyx, orange when ripe. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | goetzei: after Walter Goetze (1872-1899), German naturalist, explorer, photographer and collector of botanical and zoological specimens in Tanzania. |
Habitat: | In riverine fringes, woodland, thickets, usually near water courses. |
Altitude range: | |
Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | South Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Friday 11 March 2016 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 823. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. 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 30. Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 62 - 64. (Includes a picture). |
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