Schrebera trichoclada
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Rob Burrett
National Botanic Garden, Harare.
Photo: Duncan Schroeter
Matusadona
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Near Rhino Hotel, Old Runde Bridge, Mwenezi
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
Photo: Bart Wursten
Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mahenye
Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Rita Herbert
Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Rita Herbert
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Chironde Camp to Mungari Airstrip, Coutada 12
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New Years Gift Estate, Chipinge district
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| Synonyms: |
Nathusia golungensis (Welw.) Kuntze Nathusia trichoclada (Welw.) O. Kuntze Schrebera buchananii Baker Schrebera golungensis Welw. |
| Common names: | Wooden pear (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or bushy tree, 2-10 m (in woodland) or a much larger tree, up to 30m (in tropical forest). Leaves simple; petiole 5-15 mm; lamina 4.5-14 × 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic to ovate, glabrous or pubescent and glabrescent above, softly hispid beneath; base acute; apex rounded, acuminate or apiculate; margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal, few-several-flowered cyme with pedicels 2-16 mm. Corolla lobes (5-)6(-7), 5-8 mm, each with an area of dark hairs extending almost to petal margins. Anthers 2-3 mm. Fruit a pear-shaped capsule, 4-6 cm, containing 4 winged seeds. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | Material clearly distinguished by much larger size (tree 30-40 m tall) and very different habitat (tropical evergreen forest) was formerly known as S. golungensis but now has been sunk under S. trichoclada. This has extended the distribution greatly into Central and West Africa. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In deciduous woodland, often on rocky or sandy soils or as a large tree in tropical evergreen forest (formerly known as S. golungensis). |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Caprivi-Namibia and Angola. |
| Botanical divisions: | II,III,IV,V,VI,IX,XI |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 772. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 49. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 267. Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Oleaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 301 - 304. (Includes a picture). Liben, L. (1973). Oleaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire - Rwanda - Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles Pages 3 - 6. Also as Schrebera golungensis (Includes a picture). Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 256. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 170. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 82. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 90. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 130. |
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