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Pteleopsis anisoptera
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Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
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| Synonyms: |
Combretum anisopterum M.A. Lawson |
| Common names: | Four-winged pteleopsis (English) Four-winged stink-bushwillow (English) Muchaba (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Mufundabalo (Tonga: Zimbabwe) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Dense, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite or sub-opposite, elliptic, usually 2-5 cm long, dull green, covered with soft silvery hairs when young above, below still hairy when mature; margin entire, often rolled under. Flowers in few-flowered axillary heads, strongly unpleasantly scented, creamy-white to yellow. Fruits 4-5-winged, c. 10mm long, with a distinct peg at the apex (image 3), greenish-yellow, drying to light brown. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In mixed woodland and thickets, often on sandstone and rocky outcrops and hillsides. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 24 February 2009 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 686. (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 165 - 166. 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. |
Other sources of information about Pteleopsis anisoptera:
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Flora of the DRC: Pteleopsis anisopteraFlora of Mozambique: Pteleopsis anisoptera
Flora of Zambia: Pteleopsis anisoptera
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pteleopsis anisopteraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pteleopsis anisoptera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pteleopsis anisoptera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pteleopsis anisoptera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pteleopsis anisoptera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pteleopsis anisoptera
JSTOR Plant Science: Pteleopsis anisoptera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pteleopsis anisoptera
Plants of the World Online: Pteleopsis anisoptera
Tropicos: Pteleopsis anisoptera
Wikipedia: Pteleopsis anisoptera
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