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Halleria lucida
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Garden, Sims Rd, Mt Pleasant, Harare
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Fern garden, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Fern garden, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Mukuvisi Woodland
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Garden, Sims Rd, Mt Pleasant, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Halleria abyssinica Jaub. & Spach |
| Common names: | Tree fuchsia (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Straggling shrub or tree up to 12 m with drooping sub-quadrangular branches. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, 4.5–10 cm long, leathery, hairless, minutely glandular-punctate beneath; margin shortly serrate-crenate; petiole 4–12 mm long. Flowers in clusters on the older leafless branches and trunk on pedicels 10–14 mm long with pair of bracteoles below the middle. Corolla orange-yellow to brownish-red, 25–33 mm long, tube curved, widening above to 6–10 mm, unequally 4-lobed. Stamens long exserted. Style 20–38 mm long. Fruit an ovoid to subglobose berry, 12–18 mm long, blackish-purple when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | lucida: shining |
| Habitat: | Margins of montane and riverine forests. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Mainly Aug - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Yemen south through Ethiopia to South Africa |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Oedicentra albipennis (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 265. (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 874. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 19. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1002. (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 110. 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 273. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 366 - 367. (Includes a picture). Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Scrophulariaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 26 - 27. (Includes a picture). 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 78. under Scrophulariaceae Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Pages 16 - 18. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 98. under Scrophulariaceae Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 600 - 601. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 103. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 75. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 280 - 281. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 358 - 359. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 548 - 549. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 100. |
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