WorldFloraDB - Ekebergia pterophylla

Characteristics

Differing from E. capensis as follows: Shrub or small tree, 1-6 m high. Leaves with 3-5 leaflets, coriaceous, elliptic to spathulate, margins recurved, apex rounded or emarginate, base attenuate. Flowers in more congested inflorescences up to 60 mm long. Flowering time Oct.-Feb. Fruit up to 10 x 10 mm.

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Shrub c. small tree, usually less than 6 m tall. Leaflet 3-5(7), coriaceous, elliptic, obovate-elliptic c. oblanceolate-elliptic, apex mostly rounded c. refuse, margin recurved, up to 50 x 20 mm. Inflorescence up to 60 mm long. Drupe up to 10 x 10 mm.

Shrub or small tree, up to 6 m high. Leaf rhachis broadly winged; leaflets 3-5, elliptic, obovate elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, up to 50 x 20 mm. Drupe up to 10 x 10 mm. Flowers pinkish white.

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Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
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Uses	material medicinal
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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578379-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000663640
COL ID	38W72
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Synonyms

Trichilia alata Ekebergia pterophylla Trichilia pterophylla

WorldFloraDB 2024

Ekebergia pterophylla Hofmeyr

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Meliaceae > Ekebergia