Maerua edulis (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Road along Save river to Save-Runde confluence, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Road along Save river to Save-Runde confluence, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Road along Save river to Save-Runde confluence, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Road along Save river to Save-Runde confluence, Gonarezhou National Park.
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Save-Runde confluence area, Gonarezhou National Park
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Save-Runde confluence area, Gonarezhou National Park
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Save-Runde confluence area, Gonarezhou National Park
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Camp by Turgwe River, Humani Ranch
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Camp by Turgwe River, Humani Ranch
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Camp by Turgwe River, Humani Ranch
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Courbonia decumbens Brongn. Courbonia glauca (Klotzsch) Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua decumbens (Brongn.) De Wolf Physanthemum glaucum Klotzsch
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Native |
Description:
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Suffrutex or small shrub, usually not more than 1 m tall but occasionally up to 2 m, branching near the base. All parts covered in a pale bluish-grey waxy layer that rubs off, hairless. Leaves alternate, ovate, up to 3 × 2 cm, hairless; apex rounded, bristle-tipped; margin entire. Flowers solitary, axillary. Sepals yellowish to whitish-green; stamens numerous, c. 2 cm long. Fruit round, up to 3 cm long, smooth, bluish-green to orange-yellow when ripe. |
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Occurring in hot and dry woodland, often with Colophospermum mopane. |
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Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
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DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
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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 159. (Includes a picture).
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 238. As Courbonia glauca
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 32. As maerua decumbens
Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 214 - 216. As Courbonia glauca (Includes a picture).
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Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2024).
Flora of Zambia: Species information: Maerua edulis. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124610, retrieved 26 April 2024
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