Searsia zeyheri (Sond.) Moffett

Species

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Characteristics

Multistemmed, much-branched shrub up to 2 m high, rarely a single-stemmed tree to 4 m. Bark and branches smooth, shiny, grey to dark reddish brown, prominently lenticellate; branchlets somewhat squarrose, light to dark brown. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate; petiole semiterete, canaliculate above, (5-)15(-32) mm long; leaflets sessile, coriaceous, almost rubbery, glabrous, concolorous, glaucous, amphistomatous; lamina obovate, base cuneate, apex rounded to acute, mucronate; margin entire, slightly thickened, slightly revolute; venation semicraspedodromous, midrib prominent below, slightly prominent above, secondaries impressed above, slightly prominent below, tertiary and other veins forming a prominent impressed reticulum; terminal leaflets (9-)30(-53) x (4-)14(-27) mm, lateral leaflets (6-)22(-38) x (3-)11(-20) mm. Panicles sparsely branched, up to 40 mm long, axillary somewhat racemose, within foliage, terminal exposed. Flowers normal. Drupe circular to oblate, globoid to obloid, glabrous, shiny, dark brown, 5.3 x 5.0-6.3 x 5.5 mm. Flowering recorded in October and February.
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Quite glabrous, sub-glaucous; branches terete; branchlets striate-angulate; leaves petiolate; leaflets sessile broadly obovate or elliptic-orbiculate, shortly cuspidate, acute, cuneate at base, margin penni-nerved on both surfaces; racemes glabrous, the terminal one longer, paniculated; drupe globose, glabrous. Branches sub-papillose; branchlets purple, quite smooth. Petiole terete, a little furrowed above, 0.5-1 inch long. Leaflets sub-coriaceous, about.14 inch long, an incb wide, penni nerved but not reticulate, the lateral ones elliptic, acute at both ends. Axillary racemes pedunculate, 1-2 inches long, 8-12-flowered, pedicels 2 lines long; the terminal one as long as, or a little longer than, the leaves. Flowers unknown. Fruit the size of a small pea.
Multistemmed, much-branched shrub, up to 2 m high. Bark smooth, young bark and veins reddish. Leaflets blueish green, somewhat rubbery; lamina obovate; terminal leaflets (9-)30(-53) x (4-)14(-27) mm; tertiary venation prominent, reticulate. Flowers dull yellow.
A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. It has several stems and branches. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The fruit is oval and dark brown. It is 5 mm logn by 6 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
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Images

Searsia zeyheri unspecified picture

Distribution

Searsia zeyheri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77088515-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510315
COL ID 4W76P
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Synonyms

Toxicodendron glaucovirens Toxicodendron zeyheri Searsia zeyheri Rhus glaucovirens Rhus zeyheri Rhus zeyheri var. parvifolia