Ozoroa nitida (Engl. & Brehmer) R.Fern. & A.Fern.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Ozoroa

Characteristics

Leaves alternate or rarely subopposite; petiole (0·6) 1–2 cm. long, subterete, thick, densely yellowish-patent-hairy; lamina light green and usually shining above, paler and dull below, 7·5–20 × 4–12·3 cm., usually broadly elliptic or obovate or rarely oblong, obtuse, rounded, truncate or emarginate and mucronate at the apex, bullate towards the margin and with a much thickened, bone-coloured and undulate or crisped margin, rounded or somewhat acute at the base, very coriaceous, glabrous or with patent, weak, sparse hairs above, and with a double indumentum (very short appressed whitish hairs on the lamina and long patent yellowish hairs mainly on the nerves and reticulation, not concealing the short ones) below; midrib impressed above, very prominent beneath; lateral nerves (0·3) 0·5–1·2 cm. apart, at an angle of 53°–75° with the midrib, forked near the margin, pale and prominulous above, rather prominent below, tertiary nerves very oblique; reticulation impressed above, rather prominent beneath.
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Panicles terminal and axillary, congested, shorter than the leaves, with the axis and branches densely villous as also the subulate bracts.
A many-stemmed shrub up to 1·20 m. high; stems woody, cylindric, thick, densely spreading, yellowish-hairy.
Drupe black, shining, 5·5–7 × 7–9 mm., compressed-depressed, not or only a little emarginate.
Calyx-segments 1·5–2 mm. long, lanceolate-ovate, acute, villous outside.
Petals cream, oblong, appressed-hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Ozoroa nitida world distribution map, present in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70180-1
WFO ID wfo-0001232176
COL ID 4BNTG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ozoroa nitida Heeria nitida