Gymnosporia gariepensis Jordaan

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Gymnosporia

Characteristics

Lax, dioecious, spiny shrub, up to 2 m tall, with purplish red to red-brown stems. Leaves tufted in axils of short shoots, oblong to obovate-oblong, entire, rounded or ± notched at apex. Flowers 1 or few in axillary cymes, yellowish green. Fruit a drooping, obconic-trigonous, red capsule.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Gymnosporia gariepensis world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60439349-2
WFO ID wfo-0000712929
COL ID 6KVX7
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Synonyms

Gymnosporia gariepensis