Searsia grandidens (harv. ex Engl.) Moffett

Species

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Characteristics

Slender to fairly dense shrub from 1.5 to 2 m high with a vegetative and floral morphology similar to R. transvaalensis. Bark and young branchlets are, however, always smooth and glabrous and the leaflets narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate and prominently paucidentate to pauciserrate with each tooth mucronate. Petiole (8-)15(-32) mm long; terminal leaflets (18-)38(-70) x (3-)14(-30) mm, lateral leaflets (13-)25(-51) x (3-)10(-20) mm. Drupe 3.0 x 2.4-4.2 x 3.8 mm. The width and size of the leaflets and drupes decrease progressively southwards. Acocks 13415 (PRE) from Lusikisiki District has some lateral leaflets 3 mm wide and drupes 3.0 x 2.4 mm. It is also not unusual to find that one of the lateral leaflets has an entire margin while the other leaflets are severely toothed.
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Shrub, 1.5-2.0 m high; slender to fairly dense; bark and young branchlets smooth and glabrous. Leaves petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets subsessile, subcoriaceous, glabrous, dark green above, pale olive below, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate and prominently paucidentate to pauciserrate with each tooth mucronate, margins of one lateral leaflet entire, the other coarsely toothed. Inflorescence many panicles, short, mostly axillary but also terminal. Fruit a drupe, globoid, glabrous, shiny, yellowish becoming light brown when mature.
Slender to fairly dense shrub, up to 2 m high. Leaflets somewhat fleshy, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, prominently paucidentate to pauciserrate with each tooth mucronate; terminal leaflets generally shorter than 60 mm and narrower than 15 mm.
A shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. The leaflets are narrow. They are 25 mm by 10 mm. The fruit are 3-4 mm long by 2-3 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 2.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Searsia grandidens world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088436-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510249
COL ID 4W743
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Synonyms

Toxicodendron grandidens Searsia grandidens Rhus grandidens Rhus galpinii