| Zanthoxylum capense (Thunb.) Harv. |
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| Family : RUTACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Zanthoxylum |
| Basionym : Fagara capensis Thunb. |
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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 |
 Fagara capensis Thunb. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Zanthoxylum thunbergii var. obtusifolia Harv. |
| =Fagara magalismontana Engl. (1911) |
| =Fagara armata Thunb. |
| =Fagara multifoliolata auct. sensu Engl., non Hemsley |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree or slender shrub, much branched, 4-10 m tall; trunk in larger trees with corky spine-tipped knobs; bark grey; branchlets smooth, spiny; spines straight, to 8 mm long; young branchlets and inflorescences minutely pubescent or glabrous[…] |
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| Ecology : |
Dry forest and woodland, bush; in stony places, hillsides; on sandy soils; in bush groups; very common; sometimes up in the mist-belt. |
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Very variable, with small- and large-leaved forms. Great variability in juvenile shoots, suckers and coppiced specimens. |
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5-2000 m alt. (S. Africa).Frequently and variously misinterpreted. Thunberg specimens at Uppsala Herbarium (Sweden) not homogeneous (3 of 4 specimens are Clausena anisata), etc. (see Fl. Zambes 2/1: 187, 1963). |
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S. Africa, Swaziland. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology:perennial-Tree, Shrub- Ht 4 - 10 m. Alt 5 - 2000 m. Distribution: EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, WC, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Fl. Zambes. 2[1]: 185 (1963).
- Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa : 577 (1966).
- Fl. Pl. Africa 42: t.1671 (1973).
- Gen. Gram. : 341 (1986).
- Trees Natal, Zululand & Transkei : 184 (1993).
- Wild Flrs north. South Africa : 210 (1997).
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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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| Record n°89751 |
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