Acridocarpus natalitius A. Juss.
var. linearifolius Launert

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Acridocarpus natalitius var. linearifolius

Habit
Escarpment miombo woodland
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu
Aug 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Bark
Escarpment miombo woodland
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu
Aug 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Leaf underside
Escarpment miombo woodland
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu
Aug 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Inflorescence
Escarpment miombo woodland
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu
Aug 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flower
Escarpment miombo woodland
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu
Aug 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flower
Riverine forest margin
Lunzua River, Mpulungu
Aug 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

Fruits
Riverine forest margin
Lunzua River, Mpulungu
Aug 2022
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Acridocarpus pondoensis Engl.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree, up to 5 m, sometimes scrambling or climbing. Leaf lamina 7-12 × 0.5 - 4.5 cm, linear or linear-oblanceolate (var. linearifolius), with usually 2(-4) glands at the very base beneath, usually glabrous on both surfaces; base cuneate, rarely rounded. Petiole 2-10 mm, stout, channelled. Inflorescences of many-flowered, pyramidal racemes. Bracts up to 5 mm long, subulate; bracteoles subulate, eglandular. Sepals broadly ovate to ovate, the 2 anterior ones usually with 2 glands near the edges. Petals 10-15 mm long, subcircular, unguiculate, yellowish, ± lacerate. Wing of the samara up to 2.8 cm long, oblique-ovate.
Type location:	Mozambique, Magude, Mapulanguene
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Habitat:	Forest edges and in clearings, on rocky shallow red clay soils
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Worldwide distribution:	Southern Mozambique, Eswatini and KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
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Zambian distribution (Provinces):	N
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Insects associated with this species:	Coeliades lorenzo (Larval foodplant)
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Content last updated:	Saturday 22 October 2022
Literature:	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 89. Launert, E. (1963). Malpighiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 110 - 112. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 27.

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