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Rubus ellipticus
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Chelinda Airstrip, Nyika National Park
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Chelinda Airstrip, Nyika National Park
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Chelinda Airstrip, Nyika National Park
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Chelinda Airstrip, Nyika National Park
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Chelinda Airstrip, Nyika National Park
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| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Robust scrambling shrub up to 6 m tall, with very stout canes. Flowering branches straight or zig-zag, reddish-brown, densely covered with stiff, straight, reddish bristles up to 5 mm long; prickles 3–5 mm long, straight or weakly decurved, glossy. Leaves 10–19 cm long, trifoliolate; leaflets broadly elliptic to obovate, terminal one larger than laterals; dark greyish-green above, pale greenish-grey and very shortly tomentose beneath, veins prominent veins, the midrib bristly and prickly; margins minutely serrate; petiole and rhachis bristly like the stem, bearing smaller but more strongly hooked prickles. Stipules stiffly filiform. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, shorter than leaves. Calyx rather leathery, divided into broadly ovate lobes 5–7 mm long. Petals white or yellow, c. twice as long as sepals. Fruit enclosed within persistent calyx, yellow when ripe; carpels almost hairless. |
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Nepal |
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| Derivation of specific name: | ellipticus: elliptic, referring to the shape of the leaflets. |
| Habitat: | Regenerated forest, scrub, grassy clearings. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native in India and Sri Lanka, naturalized in scattered localities throughout Africa. |
| National distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 28 - 29. (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 237. Mendes, E.J. (1978). Rosaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 14. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 159. |
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