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Englerodaphne ovalifolia (Meisn.) E.Phillips

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Thymelaeaceae > Englerodaphne

Characteristics

A tree up to 40 ft. high (Mudd); branchlets densely and patently pilose, cylindrical, internodes up to 2 in. long; leaves opposite, oval, acute, up to 2 in. long and 1 in. wide, membranous, densely adpressed-hairy on both surfaces; petiole about 1 lin. long; flowers in terminal leafless ebracteate spikes; calyx densely silky outside; tube 4 lin. long, almost cylindrical; lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute, 1 1/4 lin. long; petals 8, membranous, linear; anthers linear, 1/2 lin. long; ovary densely pilose at the apex; style half as long as the calyx-tube; stigma subcapitate.
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Perennial shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, expanded, 15-50 mm long, membranous, scarcely white-hairy on venation above and below. Flowers 5-7 in heads, cream-coloured to pale yellow. Hypanthium 4-lobed; tube cylindric, ± 9 mm long, base silky white-hairy, neck shortly hairy; sepals ± 4 mm long, ovate or lanceolate. Petaloid floral scales 4, bipartite, appearing as 8 linear or oblong lobes, almost as long as sepals, membranous. Stamens 8. Flowering time Dec.-May. Fruit a nut, enclosed in persistent base of hypanthium.
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 12.19
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Englerodaphne ovalifolia world distribution map, present in Mozambique and South Africa

Conservation status

Englerodaphne ovalifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:831839-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668003
COL ID 6F8WP
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Synonyms

Englerodaphne ovalifolia Gnidia ovalifolia
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