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Synonyms: |
Trichocladus malosanus Baker |
Common names: | White witch-hazel (English) |
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Description: |
Evergreen shrub or small tree, often with long scrambling branched. Young branches densely covered in greyish or rusty-brown stellate hairs. Leaves spirally arranged, lanceolate to elliptic, 5 - 15 cm long, glossy dark green above, covered in a dense felt of creamy-grey to rusty-brown stellate hairs; margin entire; petiole up to 2 cm long grooved above. Flowers in terminal and axillary heads c. 2 cm in diameter, creamy-green. Fruit an almost round capsule, c. 6 × 5 mm, velvety, splitting into 2 valves, the valves splitting again. |
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Derivation of specific name: | ellipticus: elliptic, oblong with rounded ends; malosana: of Mt Malosa, near Zomba in southern Malawi. |
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Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Eastern DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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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 169. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 56. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 239. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 165. 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 54. Mendes, E.J. & Vidigal, M.P. (1978). Hamamelidaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 72 - 73. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 107. |
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