Keetia venosa (Oliv.) Bridson

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Northern slopes below Mt Dombe, Chimanimani Mts

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Ndzou Camp, Moribane Forest

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Synonyms:	Canthium venosum (Oliv.) Hiern Plectronia venosa Oliv.
Common names:	Raisin-fruit keetia (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Evergreen liane or scrambling shrub. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, 4.5-14 cm long, glossy dark green, mostly glabrous except for some hairs on the veins below, domatia present but inconspicuous; base usually rounded or very shallowly cordate; net-veining, perpendicular to the midrib, conspicuous on both surfaces. Stipules triangular,abruptly tapering into a linear tip. Often smaller almost round leaves are present at the base of lateral branchlets. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, creamy-white. Fruit in clusters, sometimes slightly 2-lobed, hairless, black when ripe.
Notes:	See the very similar Keetia gueinzii for comparison. Also somewhat similar to Psydrax kraussioides. Please refer to that species for a discussion of the differences.
Derivation of specific name:	venosa: conspicuously veined
Habitat:	In margins of evergreen forest and along streams.
Altitude range:	50 - 1525 m
Flowering time:	Feb - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	From Tropical West Africa to Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS,M
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Content last updated:	Saturday 19 June 2021
Literature:	Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 365 - 367. 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). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 276. As Canthium venosum 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. Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 30 - 31. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 164. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98.

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