Hymenodictyon parvifolium Oliv.
subsp. parvifolium

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Hymenodictyon parvifolium subsp. parvifolium

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Yellow firebush (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Scrambling shrub or small tree up to 6 m high. Inflorescence 1-8 cm long, shorter than H. floribundum, lacking the pair of characteristic bracts of that species. Stipules often 2-fid. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 1-9 × 1-5 cm, with venation not drying reticulate beneath; hairless to densely scaly-hairy; apex obtuse to acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal spike, often with additional lateral spikes, the whole forming a panicle. Corolla white, greenish or yellow; tube 2.5-5 mm; lobes 1.5 × 1 mm. Capsule 1.5 - 2.5(-4) cm long, reddish-brown, with prominent lenticels. Seeds 0.8 - 1.6 cm, winged.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	parvifolium: with small leaves
Habitat:	In woodland at low altitudes
Altitude range:	Above 0 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Malawi distribution:	S
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated:	Thursday 29 January 2015
Literature:	Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Pages 426 - 427. (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 1018. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1037. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 274. As Hymenodictyon parvifolium 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 72. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 89. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 628 - 629. (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 163. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 280 - 281. (Includes a picture).

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