Phylica ericoides L.

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Synonyms:
Common names: Ericoid hard-leaf (English) Heath hard-leaf (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Small, much-branched shrub up to 1 m high; branchlets grey-velvety. Leaves spirally arranged, very narrowly ovate-elliptic, 8 × 3 mm, erect-spreading; margin strongly rolled under, almost covering the undersurface. Flowers small, in dense corymbose heads, white. Fruit an obovoid capsule, 4 mm long, hairless, crowned with the base of the calyx, dehiscent.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: ericoides: like a species of Erica (Ericaceae), referring to the almost scale-like leaves in this species
Habitat: Occurring among rocks in the Chimanimani Mts
Altitude range: (metres) Above 2000 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: South Africa and the Chimanimani Mts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution: E
Growth form(s): Shrub under 2 m.
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Literature:

Drummond, R.B. (1966). Rhamnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 432 - 434. (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 69.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98.


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Flora of Mozambique: Phylica ericoides

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Phylica ericoides
African Plant Database: Phylica ericoides
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Phylica ericoides
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Phylica ericoides.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137750, retrieved 28 March 2024

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