Searsia kwazuluana (Moffett) Moffett

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizomatous suffrutex, 0.6-1.0 m high. Branching dichotomous, branches erect, grey, lenticellate, branchlets stiff, glabrous, dark brown. Leaves ascendent, trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole rigid, semiterete, shallowly canaliculate above, slightly winged, (11-)20(-30) mm long; leaflets sessile, coriaceous, glabrous, slightly discolorous, olive-green above, grey to yellowish green below, hypostomatous; lamina linear to lanceolate, sometimes ternunally falcate, apex subacute, mucronulate, margin entire, slightly thickened; venation brochidodromous to semicraspedodromous, midrib prominent above and below, other veins prominent above, less so below; terminal leaflets (40-)80(-100) x (4-)(8)(-11) mm, lateral leaflets (30-)52(-70) x (3-)6(-9) mm. Panicles much branched, axillary and terminal, latter up to 90 mm long, exposed. Flowers normal, disc circular to slightly 5-crenulate, styles separate, rarely 4. Drupe obloid, glabrous, shiny, light brown, 3.2 x 2.0 to 4.2 x 2.6 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.0
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Searsia kwazuluana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088451-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510259
COL ID 4W74F
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Synonyms

Rhus kwazuluana Searsia kwazuluana