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Commiphora glandulosa
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Near Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River
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Tonorai Primary School, Save Valley.
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Tonorai Primary School, Save Valley.
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Tonorai Primary School, Save Valley.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tonorai Primary School, Save Valley.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Tonorai Primary School, Save Valley.
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| Synonyms: |
Commiphora pyracanthoides Engl. subsp. glandulosa (Schinz) Wild |
| Common names: | Tall firethorn corkwood (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Usually a single-stemmed tree. Bark greyish-green to yellowish-green flaking in small papery yellowish pieces; young branches hairless, spine-tipped. Leaves clustered on small lateral branchlets, usually simple (1-foliolate), sometimes with 2 very small reduced lateral leaflets, obovate to elliptic, up to 6.5 cm long, more or less shiny green, hairless except for long glandular hairs near the base; margin more or less distinctly scalloped; petiole very short to absent. Flowers in small clusters on the spur-branchlets, pink to reddish, glandular hairy on the calyx, appearing before the leaves. Fruit ellipsoid to almost round, up to 1.4 cm long, red when ripe, splitting to reveal a black seed with a 4-lobed bright red pseudo-aril. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | glandulosa: glandular, referring to the glandular hairs on the calyx. |
| Habitat: | In well-drained sandy soils in dry deciduous woodland, particularly with Colophospermum mopane. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1100 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T,M |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| 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 370. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 280 - 281. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 249. As Commiphora pyracanthoides glandulosa Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Namibia Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 77. 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 31. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 42. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 202. Wild, H. (1963). Burseraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 268. As Commiphora pyracanthoides glandulosa (Includes a picture). |
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