Searsia rigida var. rigida

Variety

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Characteristics

Dwarf shrublet to slender, much-branched erect shrub; branches dull grey-brown to chestnut when young, glabrous, lateral branches often spinous. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole dull yellow, shallowly canaliculate above, (1-)11(-19) mm long; leaflets sessile, subcoriaceous, concolorous, dark green to blue-green, conduplicate, hypostomatous; lamina recurved, lanceolate, narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, base cuneate, apex acute, mucronulate; margin entire, slightly thickened, whitish; venation kladodromous, midrib prominent below, other veins impressed, obscure; terminal leaflets (3-)20(-37) x (1-)6(-11) mm, lateral leaflets (3-)15(-25) x (1-)5(-8) mm. Racemes and few branched panicles up to 60 mm long, mostly axillary, also terminal. Rowers normal but styles basally connate, persistent. Drupe circular to oblate, obloid, glabrous, shiny, pale to dark brown, 4.9 x 4.6-6.0 x 5.5 mm.
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Quite glabrous; leaves petiolate; leaflets sessile, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, mucronate, cuneate at base, quite entire, whitish-marginated, carinate above, paler beneath; axillary racemcs sub-paniculate, of the length of the leaves or shorter, terminal panicle somewhat longer; drupe globose, glabrous. Branches purple. Petioles sub-terete, furrowed above, 6-8 lines long. Leaflets nearly complicate, oblong-lanceolate, 12 inches long, 4 lines wide, or linear-oblong, cuneate, obtuse, sub-emarginate or acute, inch long, 3 lines wide, coriaceous, penni! nerved, paler or livid beneath. Racemes 1.5-2 inches long, small, panicled. Drupe shining, yellowish, size of a pea, on a pedicel a little shorter.
Dwarf shrub to slender, much-branched, erect shrub. Leaflets sessile; blade glabrous, subcoriaceous, concolorous, dark green to blue green, conduplicate, recurved, narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate; terminal leaflets (3-)20(-37) x (1-)6(-11) mm; petioles generally > 15 mm long. Flowers: corolla white; Jan.-Mar. Fruits an obloid, glabrous drupe.
Dwarf shrublet to slender, much-branched, erect shrub. Leaflets sessile, glabrous, subcoriaceous, concolorous, dark green to blue green, conduplicate; lamina recurved, lanceolate, narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate; terminal leaflets (3-)20(-37) x (1-)6(-11) mm; petioles generally longer than 15 mm. Flowers white.
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Distribution

Searsia rigida var. rigida world distribution map, present in South Africa

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Synonyms

Searsia rigida var. rigida