| Synonyms: |
Calesiam antiscorbutica Hiern |
| Common names: | Sand false-marula (English) |
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Shrub or small to medium-sized tree. Leaves imparipinnate with 2-4 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet. Leaflets lanceolate, elliptic to oblong, 4-14 cm long, more or less glabrous when mature except for domatia in the axils of lateral veins below; young leaves densely covered in pink or white glandular hairs and resinous; apex pointed; margin entire. Flowers in clustered spikes at the ends of branchlets, creamy-yellow, densely covered in woolly stellate hairs, appearing before the leaves. Fruits subspherical to ovoid, fleshy, 9 × 7 mm. |
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Syntypes from Angola |
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| Flowering time: | Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Mozambique and Zambia |
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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 477. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 21. Fernandes, R. & A. (1966). Anacardiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 563. Meerts, P. et al. (2026). A checklist of the vascular plants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PhytoKeys 277 |