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Catophractes alexandri
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
Photo: Bart Wursten
By rd from Tuli to Hwali River bridge
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| Synonyms: |
Catophractes kolbeana Harv. Catophractes welwitschii Seem. |
| Common names: | Trumpet-thorn (English) |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Spiny shrub or very small tree armed with slender straight spines. Leaves in fascicles, sometimes opposite, densely covered in silvery-grey hairs, oblong; margins coarsely dentate or crenate. Flowers axillary, solitary, large and showy, white, sometimes tinged with pink with a long yellowish corolla tube. Fruit a thickly woody capsule, warty, greyish-brown when ripe, splitting to release winged seeds. |
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| Habitat: | In arid scrub, often forming large stands on limestone. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 700 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 21 January 2009 |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 1009 - 1110. (Includes a picture). Diniz, M.A. (1988). Bignoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Pages 70 - 72. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273. 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 29. Roodt, V. (1998). Trees and Shrubs of the Okavango Delta Shell Field Guide Series: Part I Shell Oil Botswana, Gaberone. Pages 86 - 87. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 40. Setshogo, M.P. & Venter, F. (2003). Trees of Botswana: names and distribution SABONET Report No. 18 Southern African Botanical Diversity Network, Pretoria Page 33. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 120 - 121. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 134 - 135. (Includes a picture). |
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