Searsia dregeana (Sond.) Moffett

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Searsia

Characteristics

Much-branched, wiry, unarmed shrub, from 0.6 to 2.0 m high. Branches grey, branchlets glabrous. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole semiterete, canaliculate above, (6-)10(-17) mm long; leaflets sessile, coriaceous, rigid, glabrous, concolorous, olive-green, amphistomatous; lamina linear-acicular, occasionally slightly falcate, concave, apex acute, sometimes mucronulate; margin entire; venation obscure, midrib dull yellow, prominent above and below, terminal leaflets (19-)39(-66) x (1-)2(-3) mm, lateral leaflets (15-)29(-49) x (1-)1.5(-2) mm. Panicles lax, much-branched, relatively short, up to 35 mm long, axillary and terminal, flowers pendulous. Flowers normal, separate styles persistent. Drupe oblate, obloid to ellipsoid, glabrous, shiny, light brown, minutely tricuspidate, relatively large, 4.7 x 3.2-6.2 x 5.0 mm.
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Quite glabrous; leaves petiolate; leaflets sessile, small, linear, mucronate, with incurved, entire margins, concave above, convex beneath; panicles terminal, pyramidal, of the length of the leaves or longer; pedicels pendulous; drupe globose, glabrous. Shrub, much branched, pale, with greyish branches and angulate branchlets. Pedicels sub-terete, furrowed above, 4-6 lines long. Leaflets uninerved, 2-3 inches long, 1 line wide, the lateral ones shorter, somewhat spreading. Panicles in some specimens inch long and wide, in others 2 inches long, pyramidal; branches horizontal, flexuose; pedicels capillary, 1 line long. Flowers small, white. Drupe yellowish, shining, the size of a small pea.
Shrub, 0.6-2.0 m high; multibranched, wiry, unarmed; branches grey, branchlets glabrous. Leaves petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets sessile, coriaceous, rigid, glabrous, olive-green, linear-acicular, occasionally slightly falcate, concave, margins entire, midrib dull yellow. Inflorescence lax, much-branched panicles, axillary and terminal, up to 35 mm long. Flowers pendulous, separate; styles persistent. Fruit a drupe, oblate, obloid to ellipsoid, glabrous, shiny, light brown, minutely tricuspidate.
Much-branched, wiry shrub, up to 2 m high. Leaflets sessile; blade linear, margins entire; terminal leaflet (19-)39(-66) x (1-)2(-3) mm. Flowers: Apr. Fruit an obloid to ellipsoid, glabrous drupe.
A shrub. It grows 60 cm to 2 m tall. The branches are grey. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The flowers hang down near the ends of the branches. The fruit is shiny and light brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on dry rocky hills.
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Soil humidity 1-9
Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

The fruit are eaten and also used to make preserves.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Searsia dregeana world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088415-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510233
COL ID 4W73L
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Synonyms

Toxicodendron dregeanum Searsia dregeana Rhus dregeana