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Zanthoxylum leprieurii
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Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park
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Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park
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Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Fagara leprieurii (Guill. & Perr.) Engl. |
| Common names: | Sand knobwood (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small to large tree. Stems pale grey, armed with spiny bosses; branches armed with straight or curved spines. Leaves imparipinnate with 5-8 pairs of opposite leaflets and a terminal leaflets; leaflets elliptic to narrowly ovate, up to 7.5 cm, lower pair smallest, glossy green above, paler below, translucent gland-dots present; margin finely and obscurely toothed or scalloped. rhachis with small prickles. Flowers in branched terminal sprays, creamy-white, unisexual on different trees. Fruit in pendulous trusses, spherical, 5 mm in diameter, orange to red, single seeded. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | leprieurii: named after Francois Leprieur (1799-1869), French navy pharmacist, who collected in Senegal. |
| Habitat: | On alluvial soils in hot, dry river valleys near pans, on termite mounds and in the understorey of evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T,MS |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 18 March 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 362. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 412. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 248. As Fagara leprieurii 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 75. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 240 - 241. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 442 - 443. (Includes a picture). |
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