Trichocladus ellipticus Eckl. & Zeyh.
subsp. malosanus (Baker) Verdc.

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Trichocladus ellipticus subsp. malosanus

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Higher forested slope below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa

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Plateau below Nhandore Peak, Mt Gorongosa

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Morumbodzi Falls,lower slopes Mt Gorongosa

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Synonyms:	Trichocladus malosanus Baker
Common names:	White witch-hazel (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
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.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	ellipticus: elliptic, oblong with rounded ends; malosana: of Mt Malosa, near Zomba in southern Malawi.
Habitat:	In mist-belt forest, along streams and near waterfalls, often as a dominant species.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Sep - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Eastern DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	Z,MS
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 10 August 2021
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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