Croton inhambanensis Radcl.-Sm.

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Photo: Theo van der Merwe
Farm Bokplaas, Inhassoro, on the Temane gasfield

Photo: Warren McCleland
Temane, Inhassoro District

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Frequency:	Rare
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 4-10 × 2-3 cm, hairless or with scattered stellate hairs beneath, finely gland-dotted and with 2 discoid glands on upper leaf surface near junction with the petiole; apex acuminate; base rounded; margin glandular-serrate; petiole 1-7 cm long. Inflorescences and flowers not known. Fruits weakly 3-lobed, 2.5-3 cm long, densely spiny with spines up to 7 mm.
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Derivation of specific name:	inhambanensis: from the Inhambane Province in southern Mozambique
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Worldwide distribution:	Confined to the Inhambane area of Mozambique
National distribution:	GI
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:	Endemic
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Images last updated:	Monday 29 August 2016
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 437. (Includes a picture). Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 83. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 289.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Croton inhambanensis
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