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Synonyms: |
Canthium microdon S. Moore Canthium setiflorum Hiern subsp. telidosma (K.Schum.) Bridson Canthium setiflorum Hiern subsp. setiflorum Canthium telidosma (K.Schum.) S.Moore Plectronia setiflora (Hiern) K.Schum. Plectronia telidosma K.Schum. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Somewhat scrambling shrub up to 4 m tall with young branches densely covered with straw-coloured, golden or rusty hairs. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, 1.2-6.5 cm long, velvety beneath, particularly on the veins, sparsely velvety above; domatia absent or inconspicuous; petiole 1-2 mm long; stipules triangular at the base, 2-5 mm long with a somewhat decurrent lobe. Flowers functionally unisexual, mostly 5-merous; male flowers in 2-12-flowered axillary clusters; female flowers solitary or rarely paired. Corolla yellowish-green to cream with a ring of inwardly directed hairs in the throat of female flowers. Fruit broadly obovoid, 7-12 mm long, flattened, somewhat indented at the apex, pubescent, yellow, turning black when ripe. |
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Habitat: | In Brachystegia woodland, mixed deciduous woodland on rocky hillsides or outcrops and in riverine forest, usually on sandy soils. |
Altitude range: | Up to 1000 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Malawi distribution: | S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Monday 26 October 2015 |
Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 335 - 337. as Canthium setiflorum subsp. setiflorum (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 919. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 11. As Canthium setiflorum setiflorum Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1093. as Canthium setiflorum subsp. setiflorum 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 99. as Canthium setiflorum Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 276. As Canthium setiflorum 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 71. as Canthium setiflorum subsp. setiflorum Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 620 - 621. as Canthium setiflorum subsp. setiflorum (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 28. As Canthium setiflorum setiflorum Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 270 - 271. as Canthium setiflorum (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 318 - 319. (Includes a picture). |
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