Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
supra-axillare: supra-axillary, i.e. arising above the axil
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Coptosperma supra-axillare (Hemsl.) Degreef Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155250
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Shrub or small evergreen tree. All parts glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, narrowly elliptic, up to 10 cm long, shiny green, leathery; domatia absent; stipules ovate, 2-5 mm long, falling early. Flowers in pendunculate, branched, axillary heads; corolla c. 7 mm long, creamy-white; lobes reflexed. Fruit spherical, black when ripe, crowned with the remains of the calyx.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Coptosperma supra-axillare (Hemsl.) Degreef Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155250
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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From Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal, S Africa.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Coptosperma supra-axillare (Hemsl.) Degreef Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=155250
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
