Gymnosporia harveyana Loes.
subsp. harveyana

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nr Crimsonwing Cottage, Seldomseen, Vumba

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Stream below Bridal Veil Falls, Chimanimani.

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Cloudlands Forest, Vumba

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Synonyms:	Celastrus concinnus N.E. Br. Gymnosporia concinna (N.E. Br.) Bews Maytenus mossambicensis p.p.
Common names:	Black forest spike-thorn (English)
Frequency:	Locally frequent
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Description:	Shrub or small tree, armed or with straight reddish spines. Leaves up to 5 × 2.5 cm, shiny bright green, paler below, spirally arranged on short lateral spur-branchlets, ovate to elliptic, hairless; margins crenate-dentate; stipules conspicuous and thread-like. Inflorescences dense, axillary, clusters usually shorter than the leaves. Flowers white. Fruit a semi-fleshy, round, somewhat 3-lobed capsule, pendulous on a long stalk, white to reddish brown or carmine when ripe.
Notes:	See G. mossambicensis for comparison.
Derivation of specific name:	harveyana: after William Harvey (1811-1866), botanist, collector and one of the authors of Flora Capensis.
Habitat:	Along the margins and in the understorey of montane forest.
Altitude range:	Up to 2400 m
Flowering time:	Jul - Sep
Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	N/Z,MS,GI
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 125. as Gymnosporia harveyana Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 507. (Includes a picture). 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 33.

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