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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small shrub, sometimes scandent, or small tree to 10 m. Bark with conical corky bosses, bearing a central prickle. Branches also bearing prickly stipules. Leaves imparipinnate with 3-6 pairs of subopposite leaflets; leaflets elliptic to broadly obovate, sessile; margin crenate (sometimes obscurely so); base asymmetric; petiole and rhachis winged. Inflorescence a lax panicle, to 15 cm. Calyx lobes c. 1 mm, pubescent outside, glabrous within. Petals 4-5 mm, white to yellow, pubescent outside, glabrous within. Ripe fruits c. 10 mm in diameter, glabrous, fleshy, bright red. |
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Derivation of specific name: | abyssinica: of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) |
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Flowering time: | Aug - Nov |
Worldwide distribution: | From Ethiopia and Guinea southwards to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
Malawi distribution: | N,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Tuesday 7 October 2014 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 364. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 422 - 423. 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 110. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 100. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 177. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 550. Wild, H. & Phipps, J.B. (1963). Simaroubaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 218 - 220. (Includes a picture). |
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