African Plant Database


Combretum zeyheri Sond.
Family : COMBRETACEAE
Protologue : Linnaea 23: 46 (1850)
Information on the genus : Combretum
 
 
Status
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Combretum lopolense Engl. & Diels (1907)
=Combretum megalocarpum Exell ex Brenan
=Combretum tinctorium Welw. ex M.A.Lawson
=Combretum theuschii O.Hoffm. (1880)
=Combretum glandulosum F.Hoffm. (1889)
=Combretum oblongum F.Hoffm. (1889)
=Combretum bragae Engl. (1895)
=Combretum antunesii Engl. & Diels (1899)
=Combretum sinuatipetalum De Wild. (1904)
=*Combretum rupicola auct. (1907) Engl. apud Diels 1907, non Ridl. 1890
=Combretum platycarpum Engl. & Diels (1907) apud Diels
=Combretum dilembense De Wild. (1913)
=Combretum calocarpum Gilg ex Dinter (1919)
=Combretum odontopetalum Engl. & Diels (1899)
=Combretum sankisiense De Wild. (1914)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Deciduous tree, 3-10(-13) m high, rarely a shrub; bark brown, fissured.
  see more in the book
Ecology : Savanna woodland of Brachystegia-Julbernardia; dry forest and woodlands; littoral forest; tree savanna;etc. locally dominant (Kenya); usually on sandy soils; very tolerant of metalliferous soils; 10-1675 m alt. (more in the book)
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Tree, Shrub- Ht 2 - 12 m. Alt: 45 - 1600 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, SWZ

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Fl. Pl. South Africa 31: t.1230 (1956).
  • Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 60-61 (1985).

Bibliography other :
  • Bothalia 41: 141 (2011)
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Flora of Mozambique
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
 
Map
carte afrique num 1098
 
Record n°1098
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