Gymnosporia senegalensis Loes.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Gymnosporia

Characteristics

Shrub or small tree, up to 9 m high. Leaves usually glaucous, oblanceolate to obovate, margin finely and regularly serrate. Capsule 2-locular, pink to deep red. Flowers white or greenish white to pale yellow.
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A shrub or small tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 9.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.24
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Savannah areas from sea level to montane regions. Open bush, savannah, coastal and dune regions, near swamps or river banks, occasionaly in thickets on dunes.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food fuel gene source invertebrate food material medicinal oil poison social use wood
Edible flowers fruits leaves roots seeds
Therapeutic use Jaundice (leaf), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Cicatrizant (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Enema (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Mouthwash (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Syncope (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Ache(Leg) (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Blennorrhagia (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Gastritis (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Salt (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Habit

Gymnosporia senegalensis habit picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Gymnosporia senegalensis leaf picture by Ibrahima GUEYE (cc-by-sa)
Gymnosporia senegalensis leaf picture by Ibrahima GUEYE (cc-by-sa)
Gymnosporia senegalensis leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Gymnosporia senegalensis flower picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)
Gymnosporia senegalensis flower picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Gymnosporia senegalensis fruit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gymnosporia senegalensis world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Botswana, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Djibouti, Algeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Gymnosporia senegalensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:161441-1
WFO ID wfo-0000713049
COL ID 6L7J9
BDTFX ID 124687
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Gymnosporia senegalensis f. chartacea Maytenus senegalensis Catha europaea Celastrus europaeus Gymnosporia eminiana Gymnosporia senegalensis Catha decolor Catha senegalensis Catha senegalensis Celastrus decolor Celastrus obovatus Celastrus phyllacanthus l'hér. Celastrus saharae Celastrus senegalensis Gymnosporia crenulata Gymnosporia eremoecusa Gymnosporia saharae Celastrus glaucus Gymnosporia dinteri Gymnosporia europaea Gymnosporia febrifuga Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaeus Celastrus senegalensis var. inermis Celastrus senegalensis var. pumilus Gymnosporia senegalensis var. angustifolia Gymnosporia senegalensis var. europaea Gymnosporia senegalensis var. inermis Gymnosporia senegalensis var. mildbraedii Gymnosporia senegalensis var. spinosa Gymnosporia senegalensis var. stuhlmanniana Gymnosporia senegalensis var. djalonensis Gymnosporia senegalensis f. coriacea Gymnosporia senegalensis f. macranthogera Gymnosporia senegalensis f. macrocarpa Gymnosporia senegalensis f. minor