| Synonyms: |
Elachyptera parvifolia (Oliv.) N. Hallé Hippocratea indica (Willd.) N. Hallé var. parvifolia (N.E. Br.) Blakelock |
| Common names: | Sand paddle-pod (English) |
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| Description: |
Scandent shrub or small tree, up to 4.5 m high, sometimes a true liane. Young branchlets grey-green to purplish, finely pubescent; older stems very rough, revealing bright orange underbark when scratched. Leaves opposite, oblong or elliptic, glossy green, hairless; margins entire or shallowly glandular-toothed. Flowers in axillary clusters, yellow-green. Fruit 1-3 paddle-shaped carpels, green to pale brown smooth. Seeds winged. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | parvifolia: with small leaves |
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| Flowering time: | Dec - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa and northern South Africa. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 521. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 255. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 33. Robson, N.K.B. (1966). Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 412 - 413. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 67. as Reissnatia parvifolia Troupin, G. (1983). Hippocrateaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 336. (Includes a picture). |