Searsia kirkii
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Katanga Province, DRC
Nov 2006
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Nov 2006
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Jan 2008
Photo: Jos Steven
Katanga Province, DRC
Feb 2008
Photo: Jos Stevens
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Rhus eylesii Hutch. Rhus kirkii Oliv. Rhus polyneura Engl. & Gilg Rhus welwitschii Engl. |
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Suffrutex or small shrub, usually less than 1.2 m. Leaves trifoliolate, markedly discolorous. Leaflets green and variously hairy above, yellowish-white and densely woolly below. Inflorescences terminal and axillary; flowers greenish or creamy white. Fruit a drupe, shiny cinnamon-brown when ripe. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | kirkii: named after Dr John Kirk, who accompanied David Livingstone on his Zambezi expedition of 1858 |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 35. Fernandes, R. & A. (1966). Anacardiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 594 - 595. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 22. |
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