Searsia erosa (Thunb.) Moffett

Species

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Characteristics

Multistemmed, wiry, rounded shrub up to 3 m high, often forming thickets. Branches grey, prominently lenticellate, branchlets chestnut-brown, glabrous. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole semiterete, canaliculate and slightly margined above, (8-)19(-30) mm long; leaflets sessile, coriaceous, slightly discolorous, olive-green above, slightly paler below, glabrous, glutinous, hypostomatous; lamina linear, lateral leaflets often falcate, apex acute, often mucronulate; margin erose to grossly dentate, parted or divided, rarely almost entire; venation kladodromous to reticulodromous, midrib prominent above and below, lateral veins slightly prominent above, other veins obscure in mature leaflets; terminal leaflets (25-)51(-90) x (3-)6(-12) mm, lateral leaflets (15-)39(-81) x (2-)5(-7) mm. Panicles profusely multiflorous, occasionally glomerate, axillary and terminal, latter up to 100 mm long, prominently exposed. Flowers normal. Drupe circular, globoid, glabrous, shiny, light brown, relatively small, 3.3 x 3.1-4.5 x 4.0 mm.
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Perennial shrub, 1-3 m high; much branched, multi-stemmed, rounded, often forming thickets, evergreen, young branchlets wiry. Leaves: petioles (8-)19(-30) mm long, trifoliolate; leaflets sessile, coriaceous, olive-green above, slightly paler below, linear, apex acute, often mucronulate, margins erose to grossly dentate, parted or divided, midrib prominent above and below; covered with shiny, resinous exudate. Inflorescence axillary and terminal panicles, multiflorous, occasionally glomerate. Flowering time Oct.-Mar. Fruit a drupe, circular, globoid, glabrous, shiny, light brown.
Shrub, 5-6 feet, much branched, branches sub-flexuose, angulate. Petioles sub-terete, furrowed above, an inch long or longer. Leaflets 3-3.5 inches long, 1.5-3 lines wide, with the middle nerve on both sides prominent, reticulate, undulate-dentate, teeth short, acute; the lateral leaflets incurved, erect, somewhat shorter than the terminal. Panicles about 2 inches long, di-or trichotomous, pedicels sub-flexuose, ultimate short. Drupe yellowish, shining, size of a peppercorn.
Much-branched, multistemmed, wiry shrub, up to 3 m high, often forming colonies; unarmed. Branches grey, prominently lenticellate. Leaflets sessile; blade linear, lateral leaflets often falcate, margins irregularly but prominently toothed (erose), surface sticky; terminal leaflet (25-)51(-90) x (3-)6(-12) mm. Flowers: Nov.-Mar. Fruit a globose, glabrous drupe.
A wiry shrub. It can grow 2-3 m tall. It has dense leaves. The leaflets are 9-10 cm long by 5-9 cm wide. The edges are wavy and have teeth. The flower panicles are 5 cm long. The fleshy fruit is yellow and shiny.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Charcoal (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Snuff (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Rain-Making (unspecified)
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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088418-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510236
COL ID 4W73Q
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Synonyms

Toxicodendron erosum Rhus serrifolia Searsia erosa Rhus erosa