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Rawsonia lucida
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Moribane Forest
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Moribane Forest
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| Synonyms: |
Rawsonia usambarensis Engl. & Gilg |
| Common names: | Forest peach (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small evergreen tree with spreading, drooping branches. Leaves alternate, oblong, 7-16 cm long, leathery and very glossy above; margin sharply toothed wit the forward pointing teeth; petiole up to 1.2 cm long. Flowers in short axillary inflorescences up to 2 cm long. Sepals 4-5, orbicular, 1.5-3.5 mm wide. Petals whitish-green, about twice the size of the sepals; stamens numerous, c. 8 mm long, white. Fruit globose, c. 2.5 cm in diameter, style persistent as a short point, yellow when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | lucida: shining |
| Habitat: | In the understorey of evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | MS,GI |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Lachnoptera ayresii (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 17 July 2012 |
| 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 176. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 636. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 47. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 22. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & White, F. (1990). New and noteworthy plants from the evergreen forests of Malawi Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 60(1/2) Pages 89 - 95. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 261. Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 59. 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 53. Under Flacourtiaceae Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 105. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 73. Wild, H. (1960). Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 262 - 264. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 87. |
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