Heteromorpha stenophylla Welw. ex Schinz
var. transvaalensis (Schltr. & H. Wolff) P.J.D. Winter

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Heteromorpha stenophylla var. transvaalensis

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Mt Susurumba, Juliasdale.

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Synonyms:	Heteromorpha transvaalensis Schltr. & H. Wolff
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Status:	Native
Description:	Suffrutex or small shrub up to 2 m high. Stem usually single, slender, greenish, smooth. Leaves variable, up to c. 20 cm long, pinnate or 3-foliolate, sometimes leaves or parts of it not fully divided into separate leaflets; leaflets narrowly elliptic to slightly lanceolate, up to 9 cm long, entirely hairless, sharply pointed to somewhat rounded at the apex; margin entire but distinctly thickened. Flowers small greenish-yellow, in double umbels 7-10 cm in diameter, terminal on main stem and on lateral branches. Fruit a small capsule, obovoid, 3-9 mm long.
Notes:	This species is generally very similar to H. involucrata but can be distinguished by the narrower leaflets which are entirely hairless; generally smaller less densely flowered inflorescences and more greenish flowers.
Derivation of specific name:	stenophylla: narrow-leaved
Habitat:	In woodland, often in miombo and on rocky hillsides.
Altitude range: (metres)	800 - 1900 m
Flowering time:	Feb - Apr
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
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Images last updated:	Tuesday 28 May 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 722. As Heteromorpha stenophylla (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. 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 18.

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