Combretum aureonitens Engl. & Gilg

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Combretum

Characteristics

Leaves opposite or 3-verticillate; lamina up to 8 x 4·5–5 cm., elliptic or oblong-elliptic, densely to sparsely pubescent above and beneath, sometimes with tufts of hairs in the axils of the lateral nerves beneath, silvery-or golden-lepidote, densely so beneath with contiguous scales, apex and base rounded; lateral nerves 5–10 pairs; petiole 2–7 mm. long, tomentose.
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Fruit up to 3 x 2·8 cm., subcircular in outline, somewhat emarginate at the apex and cordate at the base, lepidote otherwise glabrous, apical peg absent, wings up to 10 mm. broad, stipe 5–10 mm. long.
Lower receptacle up to 3 mm. long, pubescent and lepidote, somewhat constricted towards the apex; upper receptacle 3·5–5·5 x 2·5–3·5 mm., infundibuliform, densely pubescent and lepidote.
Inflorescences of axillary (rarely terminal) spikes 2–6 cm. long (including the peduncle).
Small tree 5–6 m. high or sometimes scrambling; branchlets tomentose and rufous-lepidote.
Petals up to 4 x 2 mm., obovate to spathulate, emarginate, glabrous.
Style 7–8·5 mm. long, pilose, not expanded at the apex.
Stamen-filaments 8–10 mm. long; anthers 0·6 mm. long.
Scales dense, conspicuous, as for the section.
Disk c. 2 mm. in diam., without free margin.
Sepals 1–5 x 1·5 mm., deltate.
Flowers sessile, yellowish.
Cotyledons unknown.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Combretum aureonitens world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Conservation status

Combretum aureonitens threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169931-1
WFO ID wfo-0000616105
COL ID 5ZPF8
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Synonyms

Combretum aureonitens