Gymnosporia tenuispina (Sond.) Szyszył.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Gymnosporia

Characteristics

Dwarf shrub, up to 1.5 m high. Spines < 20 mm long. Leaves fasciculate on short abbreviated branchlets; blade narrowly ovate, narrowly obovate to elliptic, 16-70 x 9-17 mm, apex acute, margin entire or shallowly toothed. Flowers: corolla pale yellow; Oct.-Dec. Fruit with yellow capsule, 7-13 mm long, obconic, 3-gonous, truncate, papery.
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Shrublet, up to 1.5 m high, armed. Leaves lanceolate, oblanceolate to elliptic, 16-70 x 9-17 mm. Capsule yellow, 7-13 mm long, obconic, 3-gonous, truncate, papery. Flowers pale yellow.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Gymnosporia tenuispina world distribution map, present in Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:161450-1
WFO ID wfo-0000713075
COL ID 6KVJ3
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Synonyms

Gymnosporia tenuispina Celastrus tenuispinus Maytenus tenuispina Gymnosporia botsabelensis