Gymnosporia grandifolia (Davison) Jordaan

Species

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Characteristics

Tree, up to 7 m high, with thorns. Branchlets angular, becoming terete. Brachyblasts well-developed. Leaves fascicled or alternate, coriaceous, green; lamina lanceolate to obovate, 25-70 x 20-40 mm, apex acute to rounded, mucronate, base cuneate, margins irregularly serrate; midrib distinctly raised below, drying yellowish; petioles 2-6 mm long. Inflorescence many-flowered cymes; peduncle 3-4 mm long. Flowers white. Sepals triangular, ± 2 mm long, margins laciniate. Petals obovate, ± 4 mm long, margins ciliolate. Male flowers: stamens shorter than petals. Female flowers: staminodes shorter than ovary; ovary (2)3-locular; stigma 2-or 3-branched. Fruit a 2-or 3(4)-valved, globose capsule, woody, 7-10 mm in diam., whitish, with brown patches, rugose. Seeds partially enveloped by yellow aril.
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Twigs sub-terete, not angular and striated. Leaves always more than 2 cm long, measuring up to 8 cm, obovate, with the midrib and lateral veins raised and very distinct below.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 7.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Gymnosporia grandifolia world distribution map, present in eSwatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Gymnosporia grandifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70027684-1
WFO ID wfo-0000712943
COL ID 6L7WW
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Synonyms

Gymnosporia grandifolia