Vepris lanceolata (Lam.) G.Don

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Forest road, Coutada 12

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Along road West from Khodzue Gorge

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Synonyms:	Boscia undulata Thunb. Toddalia undulata Lam. Vepris querimbensis Klotzsch Vepris undulata (Thunb.) I. Verd. & C.A. Sm.
Common names:	White Ironwood (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Evergreen shrub or small tree, all parts mostly hairless.Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate with leaflets sessile, narrowly elliptic, 5-12 cm long, densely dotted with translucent glands and lemon-scented when crushed; margin entire but often strongly wavy; petiole 1-7 cm long, slender, narrowly grooved without wings. Flowers in much-branched terminal heads, small, yellowish, functionally unisexual; petals and sepals 4. Fruit often slightly 4-lobed, c. 5 mm in diameter, gland-dotted, black when ripe.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	lanceolata: lance-shaped or lanceolate, referring to the leaflets although these are generally narrowly elliptic.
Habitat:	In coastal sand forest and on dunes.
Altitude range:	0 - 100 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Western Cape, South Africa and Mauritius, Reunion.
Mozambique distribution:	Z,MS,GI,M
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:	Papilio constantinus constantinus (Larval foodplant) Papilio echeroides chirindanus (Larval foodplant) Papilio nireus lyaeus (Larval foodplant)
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 27 April 2016
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 355. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 416. 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 106. Mendonça, F. A. (1963). Rutaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 200 - 201. as Vepris undulata Mendonça, F.A. & Sousa, E.P. (1973). 37. Rutaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 18 - 19. as Vepris undulata Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 236 - 237. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 29. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 396 - 397. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 458 - 459. (Includes a picture).

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