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Cassinopsis tinifolia Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Icacinales > Icacinaceae > Cassinopsis

Characteristics

Tree or shrub, 1.5-4.0 m high; unarmed; bark grey, smooth. Leaves 30-90 x 20-50 mm, opposite, petiolate, dark green, glossy above, base cuneate, apex acuminate, margins entire, recurved. Flowers in much-forked cymes, small, pedunculate. Calyx 5-lobed or-segmented, puberulous. Petals 5, white, imbricate. Stamens 5, inserted at base of corolla; alternating with petals. Ovary sessile; 1 or 2 ovules; style short. Flowering time all year. Fruit an elongated, longitudinally corrugated drupe, ± 8 x 4.5 mm, black.
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Straggling unarmed shrub or small tree, 4 m in height; bark smooth, grey. Leaf-lamina 3-9 x 2-5 cm, apex bluntly acuminate, margins entire and recurved, broadly cuneate at base, dark green, glossy above. Flowers in much-forked cymes, often 3 cm across, on axillary peduncles c. 3 cm long. Calyx puberulous. Petals white. Fruit an elongated longitudinally corrugated drupe, c. 8 x 4.5 mm, black at maturity.
Leaf-lamina 3–9 × 2–5 cm., apex bluntly acuminate, margins entire and recurved, broadly cuneate at base, dark green, glossy above.
Fruit an elongated longitudinally corrugated drupe, c. 8 × 4·5 mm., black at maturity.
Flowers in much-forked cymes, often 3 cm. across, on axillary peduncles c. 3 cm. long.
Straggling unarmed shrub or small tree, 4 m. in height; bark smooth, grey.
Calyx puberulous.
Petals white.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Usage

Uses material medicinal
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Distribution

Cassinopsis tinifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Cassinopsis tinifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607670-1
WFO ID wfo-0000589546
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Synonyms

Cassinopsis tinifolia
WorldFloraDB 2024