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Casearia gladiiformis
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, ± 400 m SSE of sawmill next to the chalets.
Photo: Tongai Castigo
By bridge near Nhambita, along entrance road to Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Tongai Castigo
By bridge near Nhambita, along entrance road to Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Tongai Castigo
By bridge near Nhambita, along entrance road to Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Tongai Castigo
By bridge near Nhambita, along entrance road to Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Casearia holtzii Gilg Casearia junodii Schinz Casearia macrodendron Gilg |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Large shrub or small tree up to c. 8 m tall; bark greyish. Leaves alternate,lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 5–17 cm long, leathery with circular and linear pellucid dots, mostly hairless of finely velvety on the midrib when young, usually asymmetric at the base; margin entire or finely toothed or scalloped; petiole up to 1.3 cm. long, chanelled above. Flowers greenish-white, in dense axillary clusters on a cushion of minute, brown, membranous, ovate bracteoles with ciliolate margins; Stamens 10 alternating with 10 staminodes. Fruit an angular, ellipsoid capsule splitting from above into 3–4 longitudinal valves, orange-yellow. |
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| Habitat: | In coastal forest and woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
| Malawi distribution: | S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 25 November 2015 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 630. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 26. As Casearia junodii Wild, H. (1960). Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 293 - 295. (Includes a picture). |
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