Erythrophysa transvaalensis I. Verd.

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Near Marula

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Bushveld red-balloon (English) Red balloon (English)
Frequency:	Rare
Status:	Native
Description:	Deciduous shrub or small tree, branching near the base. Bark brown, smooth and shiny. Leaves crowded near the ends of branches, imparipinnate with a winged rhachis and c. 7 pairs of narrowly lanceolate, distinctly asymmetric leaflets, up to c. 7 cm long, dark green; lower leaflets often with a lobe-like extension near the base; margin entire. Flowers in erect branched heads, before or with the new leaves, green, tinged with red. Fruit an inflated, balloon-like capsule, 3-angled, red when ripe. Seeds usually 3, round, somewhat flattened, 10-15 mm in diameter, purple-black.
Notes:	In Zimbabwe only known from a few locations west of Bulawayo. Only 2 specimens from Zimbabwe in SRGH on 25 June 2009, namely Lightfoot 379 and Denny M.R.S.H. 4617 (see species records for details).
Derivation of specific name:	transvaalensis: from the Transvaal, South Africa
Habitat:	On rocky slopes of hills.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Sep - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	Northwestern Mpumalanga, South Africa, southwestern Zimbabwe and Southeastern Botswana.
Zimbabwe distribution:	W,S
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:	Vulnerable
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 9 October 2013
Literature:	Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 169. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Botswana Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 18. 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 76. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 100.

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