Clerodendrum pleiosciadium Gürke

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Road to sawmill, via entrada, Catapu

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Road 213 from Inhamitanga to Chupanga

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By road 219 from Caia to Chupanga

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Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Marromeu

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Synonyms:	Clerodendrum congestum Gürke Clerodendrum syringifolium Baker
Common names:	Sandveld tinderwood (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Woody herb, suffrutex or scrambling shrub, up to 3 m tall. Older branches with persistent hook-like petiole bases. Leaves opposite, subopposite or 3-4-whorled, ovate or ovate-oblong up to 12 × 8 cm, more or less discolorous, thinly textured; petiole up to 5 cm long, distinctly articulated. Inflorescences in terminal, umbel-like heads. Calyx 6-8 mm long, hairless, lobes longer than the tube, ending in a filiform point. Corolla white or cream, sweet-scented; tube 14-19 mm long, slender, hairless; lobes subcircular, 3.5-4 mm long. Stamens and style long-exserted. Fruit subglobose, deep red or purplish-black.
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Derivation of specific name:	pleiosciadium: pleio: more than usual; sciadion: a parasol or umbel, referring to the clusters of flowers
Habitat:	Mixed forest and woodland, riverine forest, roadsides and thickets on schist, deep sand and sandstone.
Altitude range:	100 - 1750 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Limpopo Province).
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS,GI
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Content last updated:	Thursday 24 May 2018
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 184. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 847. (Includes a picture). Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Page 97. 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 55. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 576 - 577. (Includes a picture).

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