Allophylus dregeanus (Sond.) De Winter

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Allophylus

Characteristics

A small tree up to 7 m in height; Bark: grey. Leaves: once-foliolate, giving the impression of being a simple leaf broadly ovate to elliptic, 8-2.5 x 5 cm, dark green above, paler green below, hairless except for hair-tuft domatia in the axils of the veins on the undersurface, net-veining fairly conspicuous; apex and base tapering; margin deeply and often sharply toothed, wavy; petiole up to 2.5 cm long swollen at the base of the leaf, finely hairy. Flowers: very small, whitish, in small clusters along the main axes of an unbranched, spike-like raceme up to 9 cm long. Fruit: ovoid, up to 10 mm long, red, borne on long spikes.
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Tree or shrub, 1.2-15.0 m high; white-grey bark. Leaves broadly ovate to elliptic, discolorous, glossy green below, glabrous except for domatia in axils of principal lateral veins below, margins wavy; petioles light green. Flowers simple, in lax panicles, white. Ovary 2-loculed, with a single basal ovule in each locule; style 2-lobed. Flowering time all year. Fruit ovoid, up to 10 mm long, red.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Images

Allophylus dregeanus unspecified picture

Distribution

Allophylus dregeanus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Allophylus dregeanus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781753-1
WFO ID wfo-0000526656
COL ID BYD8
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Synonyms

Schmidelia meyeri Allophylus dregeanus Allophylus monophylla Schmidelia dregeana Allophylus monophyllus