| Berchemia discolor (Klotzsch) Hemsl. |
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| Family : RHAMNACEAE |
Protologue : Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 381 (1868) |
| Information on the genus : Berchemia |
| Basionym : Scutia discolor Klotzsch |
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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 |
 Phyllogeiton discolor (Klotzsch) Herzog (1903) |
| Scutia discolor Klotzsch |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Araliorhamnus punctulata H.Perrier (1943) |
| =Araliorhamnus vaginata H.Perrier (1943) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub or tree 2-7-10-25 m tall with dense rounded crown; trunk to 50-70 Ø; wood very
hard and heavy, yellow-brown; bark deeply checked and tending to shed in sheets; younger branches conspicuously lenticellate; branchlets 2-20 cm long[…] |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Thickets; semi-desert grassland; dry bushland; widespread (less abundant but reaching its largest size in stream valleys or riverine forests); rocky ground; granitic inselbergs; Acacia, Commiphora, Balanites woodland and wooded grassland[…] |
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Very variable in pubescence. |
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0-2000 m alt. Somewhat resembling a Bridelia (with alternate ! leaves). |
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Namibia, Caprivi Strip, Botswana, NE S. Africa; Madagascar; Yemen, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology:perennial-Tree- Ht 3 - 20 m. Alt 30 - 1465 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, LP, MP |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 3: 243 (1937).
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 123-124 (1985).
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 86 (1986).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°83639 modified 2007-01-05 |
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