Ozoroa pwetoensis (Van Der Veken) R.Fern. & A.Fern.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Ozoroa

Characteristics

Leaves alternate or opposite or the uppermost ones subverticillate; petiole 0·1–1·2 cm. long, grooved above, ± densely and subappressed-fulvous-hairy; lamina discolorous, green or reddish or pale to dark brown and glabrous above, silvery-or pale-fulvous-sericeous beneath (densely covered with appressed whitish or yellowish usually somewhat long hairs but sometimes short, not so dense on the midrib), (5·5) 8–18 × 1·5–5·5 cm., elliptic or oblong to oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or subobtuse and mucronate at the apex, acute or subobtuse at the base, subcoriaceous to coriaceous; midrib impressed above, much raised and yellowish beneath; lateral nerves slender, straight, almost at right angles to the midrib or rather oblique, forked near the margin, 2–3 mm. apart, slightly raised on the upper surface, ± prominent beneath; tertiary nerves and veins ± raised below.
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Inflorescences congested, axillary in the uppermost leaf-axils, shorter than the leaves, and also terminal, arranged in whorls, with the axis and the very short branches subappressed-fulvous-hairy.
Suffrutex up to 1·5 m. tall with woody rootstock and creeping roots; stems sparsely branched, ± dark brown, terete, sometimes angulate at the upper part, striate, ± pilose to glabrescent.
Petals whitish, 3–3·5 mm. long, oblong, inflexed at the apex, dorsally appressed-hairy.
Calyx-segments 1·8–2·5 mm. long, ovate-triangular, externally puberulous.
Drupe, black, shining, 5–6 × 8–9 mm., transversely ellipsoid.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system creeping-root
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Ozoroa pwetoensis world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70187-1
WFO ID wfo-0001225465
COL ID 4BNTP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ozoroa pwetoensis Heeria pwetoensis