Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
echinatus: with prickles or spines, referring to the spine-like point on the lobes of the fruit.
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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). Pterocelastrus echinatus N.E. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137030
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Shrub or small tree. Bark pale grey or brownish, revealing bright orange underbark on young stems; young branchlets angular, reddish. leaves spirally arranged, oblong-elliptic to ovate or lanceolate, 3-9 cm long, somewhat thickly leathery, somewhat dark, glossy green above, paler beneath, hairless; margin entire, often sloghtly rolled under; petiole up to 8 mm long, sometimes reddish with colour running into the midrib. Flowers small, white to cream, scented, in compact axillary clusters, up to 2 cm long. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule 6-8 mm long, red whin ripe, each lobe with 1-3 spine-like points or ridges.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pterocelastrus echinatus N.E. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137030
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pterocelastrus echinatus N.E. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137030
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings