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Synonyms:
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Fagara holtziana Engl.
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| Common names:
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Coral knobwood (English)
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| Frequency:
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| Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Shrub or small tree, occasionally scandent. Stems armed with conical spiny bosses; branches armed with straight or curved spines. Leaves imparipinnate with 3-4 pairs of opposite leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets oblong-elliptic to ovate, 7-15 cm long, translucent gland-dots present all over the leafblade; margin finely and obscurely toothed or scalloped. Rhachis rarely with 1-2 small prickles. Flowers in branched terminal sprays, white, unisexual on different trees. Fruit spherical, 5 mm in diameter, orange to red, densely gland-dotted. |
| Notes:
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| Derivation of specific name:
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holtzianum: after Wilhelm Holtz, plant collector in tropical Africa at the beginning of the 20th century. |
| Habitat:
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In woodland and forest or in thickets on coral rock. |
| Altitude range: |
0 - 250 m |
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| Worldwide distribution:
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Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique |
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Mozambique distribution:
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N,MS (other?) |
| Growth form(s):
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| Endemic status:
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| Red data list status:
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| Insects associated with this species:
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| Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
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Content last updated: |
Wednesday 30 May 2018 |
| Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 361. (Includes a picture).
Mendonça, F. A. (1963). Rutaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 188 - 189. As Fagara holtziana
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