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Keetia gueinzii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau Southwest of Tsungudzi river crossing, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau Southwest of Tsungudzi river crossing, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau Southwest of Tsungudzi river crossing, Chimanimani Mts.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Plateau Southwest of Tsungudzi river crossing, Chimanimani Mts.
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| Synonyms: |
Canthium gueinzii Sond. |
| Common names: | Climbing turkey-berry (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Evergreen climber or scrambling shrub. Leaves opposite, variously hairy below with domatia, ovate to oblong-lanceolate; stipules ovate-lanceolate, gradually pointed. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, creamy-white, sweetly scented. Fruit in clusters, sometimes two-lobed, blackish when ripe. |
| Notes: | Very similar to Keetia venosa which occurs in similar habitats though usually at lower altitudes. It can most reliably be distinguished by the stipules which in K. venosa are triangular, abruptly narrowing into a long, linear lobe. Also somewhat similar to Psydrax kraussioides. Please refer to that species for a discussion of the differences. |
| Derivation of specific name: | gueinzii: after Wilhelm Gueinzius (1814-1874), German apothecary and naturalist in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Habitat: | In margins of evergreen forest, in various types of woodland and in bush clumps in montane grassland. |
| Altitude range: | 500 - 2200 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Cameroon to Ethiopia and south to Eswatini and Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,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: | Sunday 25 May 2014 |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 363 - 365. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 242. (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 924. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35. 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 23. As Canthium gueinzii Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 276. As Canthium gueinzii 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 72. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 77. As Canthium gueinzii Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 164. 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 75. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98. |
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