| Morella serrata (Lam.) Killick |
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| Family : MYRICACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Morella |
| Basionym : Myrica serrata Lam. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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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 serrata Lam. (1786) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =*Myrica conifera auct. |
| =Myrica mossii Burtt Davy (1938) |
| =Myrica banksifolia J.C.Wendl. (1808) |
| =Myrica natalensis C.DC. (1864) |
| =Myrica kilimandscharica auct. |
| =*Myrica salicifolia Bojer |
| =Myrica bojeriana Baker (1883) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Much branched shrub or tree 1-9 m tall, dioecious or less commonly monoecious; bark grey, fairly smooth to rough; branchlets subglabrous (apart from the glands) to tomentellous or occasionally densely pilose. |
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| Ecology : |
Swampy places along rivers; thickets in marshy grassland often with Salix, Ficalhoa, Parinari, Syzygium, Maesa, Agauria, Dodonaea, Embelia, Elaeodendron, etc.; sometimes a dominant. |
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0-2530 m alt |
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S. Africa, Namibia, Caprivi Strip, Botswana |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb- Ht 1 - 6 m. Alt: 0 - 2150 m. Distribution: LES, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, WC, SWZ |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Rheophyte, Shrub, Tree; Subhumid; Forest, Freshwater Wetland; 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Africa. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Kew Bull. 53: 993-995 (1998).
- Fl. Trop. E. Africa Myricaceae: 4 (2000).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°57949 |
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