| Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.) Szyszyl. |
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| Family : CELASTRACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Gymnosporia |
| Basionym : Celastrus buxifolius L. |
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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 |
 Celastrus buxifolius L. (1753) |
| Maytenus cymosa (Sol.) Exell |
| Maytenus brevipetala (Loes.) R. Wilczek |
| Gymnosporia condensata Sprague (1906) |
| Gymnosporia buxifolia var. glomeruliflora Davison |
| Gymnosporia beniensis Robyns & Lawalrée |
| Gymnosporia brevipetala Loes. (1893) |
| Celastrus cymosus Sol. (1819) |
| Catha buxifolia (L.) G. Don |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Maytenus andongensis (Oliv.) Exell & Mendonça |
| =Celastrus andongensis Oliv. (1868) |
| =Maytenus angolensis Exell & Mendonça |
| =*Maytenus senegalensis auct. |
| =Gymnosporia bequaertii De Wild. (1913) |
| =Gymnosporia nyassica Gilli (1971) |
| =Gymnosporia buxifolia var. holtzii Loes. |
| =Gymnosporia heterophylla auct. |
| =Celastrus venenatus Eckl. & Zeyh. (1835) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Evergreen shrub or tree 2-9 m tall; bark light brown when young, becoming darker and flaking to very dark, rough,corky and fissured with age;young branches green becoming light brown,very often with insect galls which appear as swellings on the stem[…] |
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| Ecology : |
Forest, forest margins; scrub; grassland; woodland; often in riverine areas. |
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± 30-2620 m alt. The true G. heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Loes. is a shrub to 1,5 m tall occurring in S. Africa from Grahamstown to Limpopo Province. |
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Botswana, NC Namibia. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (1966). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 2[2]: 364-367
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 2: 317-320 (1927).
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 57 (1985).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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