Psydrax whitei Bridson

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Along road between Kaperekeza turn-off and Chelinda, Nyika National Park

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Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeza road, Nyika National Park

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Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Canthium sp. 2 of F. White, F.F.N.R.: 404 (1962) Canthium whitei (Bridson) F. White
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree; young branches pubescent; bark greyish. Leaves mostly restricted to young, green branches ovate or sometimes elliptic to round, 1.3–3 cm long, thinly textured to slightly leathery, shiny and hairless above, more or less pubescent on midrib beneath; lateral nerves in 3–4 main pairs, impressed above; domatia present; petioles up to 2 mm long; stipules triangular-acuminate, 3–4 mm long, keeled when mature. Flowers 4-merous, in 10–70-flowered, compact, heads on pubescent peduncles 3–15 mm long; pedicels 2–13 mm long, pubescent. Calyx tube 1 mm long, broader than long, hairless or with a few hairs towards the base; limb 0.5–0.75 mm long, irregularly dentate. Corolla greenish-cream; tube 1.5–2 mm long, pubescent at throat; lobes oblong, 2.5–3 mm long. Fruit broadly oblong in outline, 7 × 7 × 4 mm, black when mature.
Type location:	Malawi, Nyika Plateau
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Derivation of specific name:	whitei: after Frank White (1927-1994), botanist, collector and author who was an expert on African flora and curator of the herbarium at the University of Oxford.
Habitat:	Along margins of evergreen forest and on rocky outcrops.
Altitude range:	2000 - 2300 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N,E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Mc
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Red data list status:	Vulnerable
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Content last updated:	Thursday 8 November 2018
Literature:	Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 353 - 355. (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 251. (Includes a picture). 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 28. As Canthium whitei Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & White, F. (1990). New and noteworthy plants from the evergreen forests of Malawi Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 60(1/2) Page 109. as Canthium whitei Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 92. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 470 - 471. as Canthium whitei (Includes a picture).

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