| Home | > | List of families | > | Anacardiaceae | > | Searsia | > | leptodictya |
Searsia leptodictya
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (7)
Photo: Mark Hyde
Christon Bank
Photo: Mark Hyde
Christon Bank
Photo: Mark Hyde
Christon Bank
Photo: Mark Hyde
Christon Bank
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Belingwe
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: |
Rhus amerina Meikle Rhus leptodictya Diels |
| Common names: | Rock rhus (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Spreading shrub or small tree up to 8·5 m tall, with rough greyish bark; branchlets, greyish or brownish, lenticellate. Leaves 3-foliolate with leaflets sessile, linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, hairless or sometimes hairy mainly on the midrib, dull green above, paler beneath; median leaflet 4–13 cm long, lateral ones about 1/3–2/3 smaller; margin slightly revolute, entire or shallowly crenate-dentate; petiole 1·5–5 cm long, slender, hairless or sometimes hairy, slightly grooved. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, nearly as long as the leaves or terminal ones slightly longer, lax. Flowers unisexual in the same inflorescence, pale yellow, very small. Fruit a yellow-brown to cinnamon-brown drupe, shining, 4–5 mm in diameter, depressed-globose or diamond-shaped, slightly asymmetric, smooth, hairless. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Among rocks, in open savanna-woodland, along streams, often on sandy or loamy soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Apr (Jul) |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. |
| 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: | Tuesday 6 August 2024 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 485. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. As Rhus leptodictya Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 574. As Rhus leptodictya Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 22. As Rhus leptodictya Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 254. As Rhus leptodictya Fernandes, R. & A. (1966). Anacardiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 603. As Rhus leptodictya 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 17. As Rhus leptodictya Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 316 - 319. As Rhus leptodictya (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 23. As Rhus leptodictya Setshogo, M.P. & Venter, F. (2003). Trees of Botswana: names and distribution SABONET Report No. 18 Southern African Botanical Diversity Network, Pretoria Page 5. As Rhus leptodictya Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 404 - 405. As Rhus leptodictya (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 466 - 467. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Searsia leptodictya:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: Searsia leptodictyaFlora of Malawi: Searsia leptodictya
Flora of Mozambique: Searsia leptodictya
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Searsia leptodictyaAfrican Plant Database: Searsia leptodictya
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Searsia leptodictya
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Searsia leptodictya
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Searsia leptodictya
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Searsia leptodictya
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Searsia leptodictya
JSTOR Plant Science: Searsia leptodictya
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Searsia leptodictya
Plants of the World Online: Searsia leptodictya
Tropicos: Searsia leptodictya
Wikipedia: Searsia leptodictya
| Home | > | List of families | > | Anacardiaceae | > | Searsia | > | leptodictya |