Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.

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By main Vumba rd

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Great Zimbabwe

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Along track up Serra Vumba, Manica

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Survey Plot 3, Magorogodo hills, Zomba Community

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Mutandani River Valley, eastern Chimanimani Mts.

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Frequency:	Common in high rainfall areas
Status:	Native
Description:	Small to medium-sized tree, evergreen or deciduous. Young branchlets often with spines, occasionally blunt thorns are still present on older branches. Leaves elliptic to obovate, glossy dark green, paler below; young leaves often purplish. Flowers unisexual on the same tree, very small, yellow-green, in axillary clusters. Fruit an ellipsoid berry, blackish when ripe, edible and sweet.
Type location:	South Africa
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	micrantha: small-flowered
Habitat:	In riverine forest, woodland and along forest margins.
Altitude range:	300 - 1750 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Throughout tropical Africa to the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Also in Réunion.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	B,N,W,C,E,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Nw,Lp,E,Lk,S,W
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:	Abantis paradisea (Food plant) Anaphe reticulata (Larval foodplant) Charaxes castor flavifasciatus (Larval foodplant)
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 409. (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 19. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 251. 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 40. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 20 - 21. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 35. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 85. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 97.

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