Burchellia bubalina (L.F.) Sims

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial tree or shrub, 2-5 m high. Leaves opposite, simple, broadly ovate, glossy above, lateral veins indented, dull green below, base rounded, apex acute, margins entire, wavy; petioles up to 20 mm long, stipules leathery. Flowers few in terminal heads, orange to dark red. Calyx: tube short, terminal. Corolla tubular, up to 25 mm long, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, arising in upper part of corolla tube; filaments absent. Ovary 2-locular; style terete, stigma ribbed. Flowering time all year. Flowering time all year. Fruit 10-15 mm long, reddish green to brown, crowned with 5-persistent calyx.
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Capitulis terminalibus pedunculatis, foliis oblongis integerrimis glabris. Folia opposita, breve petiolata, oblonga, venofa. Pedunculus ramulum terminans, folitarius, multiflorus: floribus in capitulum aggregatis, fessilibus. Capitulum cinctum involucro polyphyllo, brevissimo, quadris fexfloro. Calyx monophyllus, hirtus, quinquedentatus: dentibus fubulatis, recurvis. Corollae tubulofae, calyce longiores, figura Symphyti, hirtae, quinquedentatae. Capsula bilocularis, calyce permanente coronata.
A shrub or small tree. It grows about 3 m high. It has a few hairs. The leaves are opposite and leathery. The leaf blade is oval and blunt. It narrows to the base. The base can sometimes be slightly heart shaped. The leaves are 15 cm long by 6 cm wide. The flowers are in a cluster at the ends of the branches. The flowers are tube shaped and orange-red. The fruit is fleshy with many seeds. The fruit are 1.5 cm across.
Small tree, 3.6-4.2 m high. Leaves 105 x 55 mm, broadly ovate, rounded or subcordate at base, pubescent on veins beneath, petiolate. Inflorescence terminal, many-flowered. Fruit a subglobose berry crowned with persistent calyx lobes. Flowers bright red or orange.
Shrub or small tree to 5 m. Leaves opposite, elliptic, glossy above, margins revolute. Flowers few in terminal heads, tubular, velvety, orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.3 - 5.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It needs a well-drained soil and an open sunny position. It is damaged by drought and frost. In Swaziland it grows in the high veld only. Hobart Botanical Gardens.
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Forests, forest margins, rocky outcrops and bush clumps in montane grasslands.
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Usage

The flowers are sucked for their rich nectar.
Uses environmental use material medicinal wood
Edible flowers nectars
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds.
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Images

Flower

Burchellia bubalina flower picture by Jerome Sudre (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Burchellia bubalina world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Conservation status

Burchellia bubalina threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:745198-1
WFO ID wfo-0000682147
COL ID NXCK
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lonicera bubalina Burchellia bubalina Cinchona capensis Burchellia capensis Burchellia speciosa Canephora capitata Cephaëlis bubalina Genipa capensis Lonicera bulbalina Burchellia kraussii Burchellia major Burchellia parviflora Burchellia capensis var. parviflora