Searsia glauca (Thunb.) Moffett

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Searsia

Characteristics

Much-branched, evergreen, divaricate shrub up to 4 m high. Bark granular, grey-brown to greyish white; branches somewhat squarrose, shallowly ribbed, furfuraceous. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole semiterete, canaliculate and margined above, (4-)10(-20) mm long; leaflets sessile, subcoriaceous, concolorous, olive-green, glutinous, drying furfuraceous to farinaceous glaucescent, hypostomatous, lamina obcordate to obovate, base cuneate, apex emarginate, retuse, occasionally rounded or subacute, mucronate; margin entire, slightly revolute; venation kladodromous, midrib prominent above, slightly prominent below, secondaries slightly prominent above and below or obscure; terminal leaflets (8-)20(-34) x (4-)11(-16) mm, lateral leaflets (6-)14(-23) x (3-)8(-14) mm. Panicles much branched, up to 50 mm long, axillary and terminal, exposed. Flowers normal. Drupe oblate, ellipsoid, glabrous, shiny, chestnut-brown, 4.1 x 3.3-6.3 x 4.3 mm.
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Glabrous; branches short, sub-angulate; leaves petiolate; leaflets sessile, obcordate, quite entire, flat, covered with glaucous powder or smooth; panicles terminal, short; drupe globose, glabrous. A shrub, with greyish branches and sub-flexuous branchlets. Petioles 3-4 lines long, small-winged. Leaflets thick, parallel-nerved, flat or with sub-revolute margins, glaucous, pulverulent, or resinous, shining, green or livid beneath, the terminal one very cuneate, 6-8 lines long, 5-6 lines wide, emarginate, with or without a mucro, sometimes obtusely 3-dentate; the lateral ones smaller. Panicles inch or longer. Flowers minute. Drupe reddish, shining, the size of a small or large pea. Specimens from the Paris bot. gardens, sent by Desfontaines to Prof. Schrader, are not different from those in the herbarium of Thunberg.
Tree or shrub, 0.5-4.0 m high; much branched, evergreen, divaricate; bark granular, grey-brown to greyish white; branchlets squarrose, shallowly ribbed, furfuraceous. Leaves petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets sessile, subcoriaceous, olive-green, glutinous, drying furfuraceous to farinaceous glaucescent, obcordate to obovate, margins entire, slightly revolute. Inflorescence much-branched panicles, axillary and terminal, exposed, up to 50 mm long. Flowers whitish or greenish white to yellowish, very small. Flowering time May-Sept. Fruit a drupe, oblate, ellipsoid, glabrous, shiny, chestnut-brown.
A shrub. It grows 4 m high. The bark is grainy and grey brown. The leaves have 3 leaflets. They are 1 cm long. The flowers are small and greenish white. The fruit is reddish. They are 4-6 mm long by 3-4 mm wide.
Dioecious, evergreen shrub or small tree to 4 m. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets sessile, obovate, often bluish. Flowers greenish white. Drupes lens-shaped, shiny.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
Uses material
Edible fruits
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Distribution

Searsia glauca world distribution map, present in Botswana and South Africa

Conservation status

Searsia glauca threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088424-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510243
COL ID 4W73W
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Synonyms

Toxicodendron glaucum Searsia glauca Rhus glauca Rhus thunbergiana