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Synonyms: |
Combretum patelliforme Engl. & Diels |
Common names: | Jesse-bush bushwillow (English) Mugalusaka (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Trailing bushwillow (English) Umlalanyathi (Ndebele) Zambezi jessebush (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Deciduous straggling shrub or sometimes a climbing liane. Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic to broadly ovate, thinly textured, finely velvety below, turning red to plum-coloured in autumn. Flowers greenish-yellow in sparse axillary spikes. Fruit 4-winged, wings becoming red while centre is green, drying to golden-brown. |
Notes: | See subsp. orientale for comparison. |
Derivation of specific name: | celastroides: resembling a species of Celastrus (Celastraceae) |
Habitat: | In riverine forest and Combretum-Commiphora scrub ('jesse-bush') and Baikiaea woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1200 m |
Flowering time: | Dec - Mar |
Worldwide distribution: | FZ distribution: Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Caprivi. Also Angola and Namibia |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 3 December 2011 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 666. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 797 - 798. Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 472 - 473. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 263. Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 105 - 108. (Includes a picture). Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing 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 35. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 47. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 203. |
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