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Synonyms: |
Schrebera argyrotricha Gilg Schrebera gilgiana Lingelsh. Schrebera mazoensis S. Moore |
Common names: | Wing-leaved wooden pear (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Tree 4-15 m. Leaves imparipinnate with 5(-7) leaflets; rhachis and petiole often winged. Leaflets: terminal 3-14 ×1.2-5.5 cm, elliptic or obovate, glabrous above, glabrous or pilose beneath; apex rounded to acuminate; margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal, several-many-flowered cyme with pedicels up to 2 mm. Corolla lobes (5-)6-7, 3-7 mm, each with an area of dark hairs reaching only halfway from mouth of corolla tube to petal margin. Anthers 1.25-2 mm. Fruit a clavate capsule, 2.5-4.5 cm, containing 8 winged seeds. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | alata: winged |
Habitat: | At the margins of mist-belt forest and open woodland |
Altitude range: | 1000 - 2000 m |
Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | Acherontia atropos (Food plant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Wednesday 7 November 2018 |
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 220. (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 772. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 49. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 913. (Includes a picture). 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 92. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 20. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 267. Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 186 - 187. (Includes a picture). Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 296 - 297. (Includes a picture). Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Oleaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 304 - 305. 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 65. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 82. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 536 - 537. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Pages 65 - 66. As Schrebera mazoensis and as S. tomentella (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 129. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 418 - 419. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 482 - 483. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 423 - 424. (Includes a picture). |
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