| Home | > | List of families | > | Lythraceae | > | Galpinia | > | transvaalica |
Galpinia transvaalica
Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (2)
Photo: Carlos Serra
On line of hills, south of Goba, Maputo District, Mozambique
Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Inhaca Island.
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: | |
| Common names: | Wild pride-of-India (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native and cultivated |
| Description: |
Small, often multi-stemmed tree, with 4-angled, hairless branches. Leaves opposite, oblong-ovate or elliptic-oblong, 5-9 cm long, leathery, hairless, minutely dotted with translucent glands and with a gland on the midrib just below the apex; margin entire and narrowly rolled under; petiole 3-4 mm long. Inflorescences in dense, many-flowered terminal heads, 6-12 cm long. Flowers creamy-white with petals c. 4 mm long, falling early; stamens 8 mm long. Fruit a globose capsule, up to 5 mm in diameter. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | transvaalica: of the Transvaal, now Mpumalanga, a province in South Africa. |
| Habitat: | In evergreen thickets and bushland on stony soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | 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 5 November 2016 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 655. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 780 - 781. 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 82. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 262. Fernandes, A. (1978). Lythraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 279 - 280. (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 59. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 452 - 453. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 342 - 343. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 400 - 401. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Galpinia transvaalica:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: Galpinia transvaalicaFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Galpinia transvaalica
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Galpinia transvaalicaAfrican Plant Database: Galpinia transvaalica
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Galpinia transvaalica
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Galpinia transvaalica
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Galpinia transvaalica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Galpinia transvaalica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Galpinia transvaalica
JSTOR Plant Science: Galpinia transvaalica
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Galpinia transvaalica
Plants of the World Online: Galpinia transvaalica
Tropicos: Galpinia transvaalica
Wikipedia: Galpinia transvaalica
| Home | > | List of families | > | Lythraceae | > | Galpinia | > | transvaalica |