Searsia rudatisii (Engl.) Moffett

Species

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Characteristics

Dwarf, rhizomatous, virgate suffrutex up to 0.35 m high. Branches dark brown, villous-pubescent. Leaves erect, crowded and longest in middle of branches, trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole margined, concave, (4-)9(-14) mm long; leaflets sessile, subcoriaceous, concolorous, dark olive-green, pubescent above and below, amphistomatous; lamina linear to oblanceolate, apex acute, mucronate; margin entire, slightly revolute, ciliate; venation simple craspedodromous, midrib and secondaries prominent below, slightly prominent to obscure above, secondaries acutely angled (±25°); terminal leaflets (20-)33(-47) x (4-)6(-9) mm, lateral leaflets (16-)29(-41) x (2-)4(-7) mm. Panicles puberulous, relatively few-flowered, up to 35 mm long, mostiy axillary, within foliage, occasionally terminal. Flowers normal. Drupe circular, globoid, glabrous, shiny, ±6 mm in diameter. Flowering recorded in September and January.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Searsia rudatisii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088496-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510295
COL ID 4W75X
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Synonyms

Searsia rudatisii Rhus rudatisii