Searsia fastigata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Moffett

Species

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Characteristics

Dense, fastigiate shrub up to 2 m high; branchlets grey-brown, glabrous to thinly pubescent. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole short, semiterete, sometimes slightly winged, (2-)5(-10) mm long; leaflets sessile, subcoriaceous, concolorous, dark green above, slightly paler below, glabrous or occasionally thinly pubescent, hypostomatous; lamina oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic or rarely obtrullate; base cuneate, apex acute, mucronulate or obtuse, mucronate, mucro slightly plicate; margin entire, revolute; venation dull yellow, brochidodromous, only midrib and secondaries prominent; terminal leaflets (6-)22(-40) x (2-)8(-12) mm, lateral leaflets (7-)18(-30) x (2-)6(-10) mm. Panicles glabrous to tomentose, up to 30 mm long, axillary and terminal, latter slightly exposed. Flowers generally normal, rarely bisexual. Drupe oblate, obloid, glabrous, shiny ±3.0 x 2.5 mm.
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Shrub, 0.5-2.0 m high; fastigiate, bark brown; branchlets grey-brown, glabrous to pubescent. Leaves petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets sessile, lateral leaflets smaller than terminal, subcoriaceous, dark green above, slightly paler below, glabrous or thinly pubescent, oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic or rarely obtrullate, margins entire, revolute. Inflorescence glabrous to tomentose panicles, axillary and terminal; terminal slightly exposed, up to 30 mm long. Flowers small, cream-coloured to yellowish, rarely bisexual. Flowering time Nov.-Apr. Fruit a drupe, oblate, obloid, glabrous, shiny, brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.25 - 2.0
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Searsia fastigata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088420-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510238
COL ID 4SNB4
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Synonyms

Toxicodendron puberulum Rhus sericea Rhus meyeriana Rhus puberula Searsia fastigata Rhus fastigata