Searsia montana (Diels) Moffett

Species

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Characteristics

Slender, single to multistemmed deciduous shrub to small spreading tree up to 2.25 m high. Bark smooth, glabrous, grey-brown; young branchlets glabrous, pale brown. Leaves (3-)5(-7)-foliolate, petiolate; petiole terete to canaliculate above, (11-)24(-34) mm long; leaflets sessile, membraneous, slightly discolorous, glabrous, dark green above, pale olive below, turning orange-red in autumn, hypostomatous; lamina elliptic to narrowly elliptic or obovate, base cuneate to attenuate, apex acute to acuminate, mucronulate; margins entire or prominently pauciserrate in upper half, teeth mucronulate; venation kladodromous to semi-craspedodromous in toothed leaflets, midrib pale, prominent below, other veins impressed yet still visible below; terminal leaflets (27-)44(-68) x (8-)12(-16) mm, lateral leaflets (19-)30(-42) x (6-)9(-14) mm. Panicles much branched, multiflorous, terminal and axillary, up to 100 mm long. Flowers normal. Drupe circular, obloid, glabrous, shiny, pale brown, 3.5 x 3.0-4.0 x 3.5 mm.
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Tree or shrub, 1.0-2.3 m high; single to multi-stemmed, deciduous, spreading; bark grey-brown, smooth; young branchlets pale brown, glabrous. Leaves petiolate, (3-)5(-7)-foliolate, with or without 2 much-reduced leaflets; leaflets sessile, membranous, glabrous, dark green above, pale olive below, turning orange-red in autumn, elliptic to narrowly elliptic or obovate, margins entire or pauciserrate in upper half, teeth mucronulate. Inflorescence axillary and terminal, much-branched panicles. Flowers small, yellowish. Flowering time Oct.-Mar. Fruit a drupe, circular, obloid, glabrous, shiny, pale brown.
Single to multistemmed, deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 2 m high. Leaves rarely up to 7 leaflets. Leaflets sessile; blade glabrous, dark green above, pale olive below, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, margins entire or serrate in upper half; terminal leaflet (27-)44(-68) x (8-) 12(-16) mm. Flowers: Oct.-Jan. Fruit an obloid, glabrous drupe.
Slender, single-to multistemmed, deciduous shrub to small tree, up to 2.25 m high. Leaves consistently 4-7-foliolate; leaflets generally toothed, sessile, elliptic to narrowly elliptic obovate; terminal leaflets (27-)44(-68) x (8-)12(-16) mm. Drupe circular, obloid.
A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves can have 5-7 leaflets. There can be teeth along the upper half. The fruit are oblong and fleshy. They are pale brown and 3.5 mm long by 4 mm wide.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 2.25
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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

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Edible fruits
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Images

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Distribution

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

Conservation status

Searsia montana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088468-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510268
COL ID 4W74T
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Synonyms

Searsia montana Rhus montana Rhus gerrardii var. montana