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Ekebergia capensis
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Cloudlands lay-by, Vumba
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Cloudlands lay-by, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Ekebergia meyeri C. Presl ex C.DC |
| Common names: | Cape ash (English) Dogplum (English) |
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| Description: |
Medium-sized evergreen tree. Leaves imparipinnate with 3-5 pairs of leaflets plus a terminal leaflet. Leaflets glossy green, oblong-lanceolate, asymmetrical at the base; margin entire. Flowers in loose sprays among the leaves, small, greenish-white, sometimes flushed pink. Male and female flowers on different trees. Fruit a round fleshy berry, pink to bright red when ripe. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | capensis: of the Cape |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread from Northeastern Africa southwards on the eastern side to South Africa |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Cirina forda (Food plant) Pseudobunaea tyrrhena (Food plant) Holocerina smilax (Larval food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 208. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 381. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 18. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 250. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 62. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 86. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 27. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 32. also as Ekebergia meyeri Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 121. White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1963). Meliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 316 - 318. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 95. |
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