| Morella pilulifera (Rendle) Killick |
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| Family : MYRICACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Morella |
| Basionym : Myrica pilulifera Rendle |
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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 |
 Myrica pilulifera Rendle (1894) |
| Myrica rogersii Burtt Davy (1932) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Myrica pilulifera var. puberula Rendle |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub 3-4 m tall or tree 10-12-30 m; trunk to 30 cm in girth; Bark dark grey-brown to almost black, thin and rather smooth; shoots of previous years woody, often prominently lenticellate […] ; dioecious |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Among rocks; along streams; grassy slopes; secondly growth; fringing forests; montane forest (edges), woodland and grassland in damp places, extending down along rivers; - Fire resistant. |
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720-2070 m alt. |
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S. Africa, Swaziland. M. pilulifera and M. salicifolia meet in Malawi (see Fl. Zambes, 8/4: 262, 2005). |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb- Ht 3 - 30 m. Alt: 350 - 2000 m. Distribution: EC, KN, LP, MP, NW, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Kew Bull. 53: 993-995 (1998)
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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