Psydrax locuples (K.Schum.) Bridson

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Psydrax

Characteristics

20-47 x 9-27 mm, obtuse at apex, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, glabrous, shiny above, distinctly petiolate, lateral nerves 2 or 3(4) main pairs. Stipules with triangular base terminating in a lobe, often decurrent and keeled. Inflorescence pedunculate but branches compact and reduced. Pedicels pubescent. Corolla tube 1.50-2.75 mm long, pubescent inside but hairs not in well defined ring. Fruit broader than long or longer than broad. Flowers white.
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Leaf blades 2–4.7 × 0.9–2.7 cm, elliptic or rarely oblong-elliptic or broadly elliptic, acute to obtuse at apex, acute at base, coriaceous, shiny on upper surface, glabrous; lateral nerves in 2–3 main pairs; tertiary nerves obscure; domatia present as glabrous or ciliate pockets; petioles 1–3 mm long, glabrous or puberulous; stipules 2–3 mm long, truncate to triangular at their base with a linear decurrent lobe, often puberulous outside.
Flowers 4-merous, borne in 6–30-flowered compact pedunculate corymbs; peduncles 3–9 mm long, puberulous; pedicels 2–6 mm long, puberulous; bracteoles inconspicuous.
Corolla white or greenish-white; tube 1.5–2.5 mm long, pubescent at throat; deflexed hairs not restricted to a definite ring; lobes 2–2.5 × 1.5 mm, oblong, acute.
Shrub 2.75–5 m tall; very young stems puberulous or pubescent; bark fawn-coloured or almost white.
Calyx tube 1 mm long, broader than long, glabrous; limb 0.5 mm long, irregularly dentate, ciliate.
Fruit 4.5–6.5 × 6–9 mm, broadly oblong in outline, not or scarcely indented at apex.
Pyrenes 4.5–5.5 × 3–4.5 × 2.5 mm, ± ellipsoid with ventral face flattened, rugulose.
Pollen presenter 1 × 0.5 mm long; disk glabrous.
Style 4.5–7 mm long.
Anthers reflexed.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Psydrax locuples world distribution map, present in Mozambique and South Africa

Conservation status

Psydrax locuples threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:915411-1
WFO ID wfo-0000288172
COL ID 78JJ3
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Synonyms

Plectronia locuples Canthium locuples Psydrax locuples