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Synonyms: |
Pavetta gracilis Klotzsch Pavetta incana sensu R.B. Drumm. |
Common names: | Lower zambezi bride's Bush (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub, 0.5 - 3 m. Leaves thinly textured, narrowly obovate with 7-9 pairs of lateral veins; bacterial nodules linear-elliptic or dot-like; domatia absent; stipules 2.5-4.5 mm, broadly triangular. Flowers in branched subumbellate heads on supporting branchlets with 2-3 pairs of leaves near the apex. Corolla white; tube slender 1-2 cm; lobes oblong, 5-6 mm, spreading. Fruit spherical, 5-8 mm, grey-green to black. |
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Habitat: | On sandy and alluvial soils in riverine Acacia xanthophloea woodland. |
Altitude range: | Up to 550 m |
Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
Malawi distribution: | S |
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Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Friday 11 March 2016 |
Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 559 - 561. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 1002. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 93. 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 73. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 166. |
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