Spirostachys africana Sond. |
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Family : EUPHORBIACEAE |
Information on the genus : Spirostachys |
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Status
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Sapium africanum (Sond.) Kuntze (1898) |
Stillingia africana (Sond.) Müll. Arg. (1862) |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=Myrica holtzii Engl. & Brehmer (1917) |
=Excoecaria synandra Pax (1909) |
=Excoecariopsis dinteri Pax (1910) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Dioecious or monoecious several-stemmed, much-branched deciduous shrub or tree with a rounded crown (2,5-)4-9(-16) m tall, often with drooping stems; wood fragrant. |
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see more in the book |
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Ecology : |
Deciduous woodland, bushland; wooded grassland; Colophospermum mopane or mixed woodlands; sometimes in thickets; locally common and usually gregarious; the largest trees occur near streams and seasonal watercourse, etc... |
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Botswana, Namibia, S Africa. |
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Biol./Eco : |
biology: perennial-Tree, Shrub - Ht 0.5 - 15 m. Alt: 60 - 1370 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 3: 242 (1937).
- Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa : 580 (1966).
- J. S. African Bot. : 321 (1976).
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 77 (1985).
- Gen. Gram. : 436 (1986).
- Trees Natal, Zululand & Transkei : 230 (1993).
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under chg |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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