Searsia tridactyla (Burch.) Moffett

Species

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Characteristics

Thin, armed shrub from 2 to 4 m high. Bark grey, smooth; branches spreading, white, somewhat striate, often ending in spines. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole slender, semiterete, canaliculate, slightly margined, (6-)9(-12) mm long; leaflets sessile, subcoriaceous, concolorous, olive-green, glabrous, amphistomatous; lamina linear, slightly convex, apex rounded, mucronulate; margin entire; venation obscure, midrib prominent above, impressed below, secondaries seldom visible, if so then only below, at an angle of 80-90°; terminal leaflets (11-)29(-50) x (1,0-)1,7(-2,1) mm, lateral leaflets (7-)22(-36) x (1.0-)1.7(-2.0) mm. Panicles lax, glabrous, up to 80 mm long, axillary and terminal, exposed. Flowers minute, pedicellate, glabrous, calyx lobes 0.5 mm long, corolla lobes 1.3 mm long, widely ovate, obtuse to refuse, disc 5-crenulate; ovary subgloboid, styles separate, deflexed. Drupe rhombic, discoid, glabrous, shiny, light to dark brown, ±5.8 x 2.0 mm.
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Shrub, up to 4 m high. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiolate; leaflets sessile, olive-green, glabrous, amphistomatous; lamina linear; terminal leaflets (11-)29(-50) x (1.0-)1.7(-2.1) mm, apex rounded, mucronulate, margin entire. Panicles lax. Drupes rhombic, discoid, glabrous, shiny, light to dark brown, ± 5.8 x 2.0 mm. Flowers greenish yellow.
Branches stiff, spreading, unarmed, leaflets smooth, quite entire, linear, very blunt, broadest towards the apex. Shrub, 4-5 feet. Flowers greenish-yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Usage

Uses food material
Edible fruits
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Distribution

Searsia tridactyla world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Searsia tridactyla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088508-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510307
COL ID 4W76F
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Synonyms

Searsia tridactyla Toxicodendron tridactylum Rhus tridactyla